Quieting the mind

“The quieting of our mind is a political act. The world does not need more oil or energy or food. It needs less greed, less hatred, less ignorance. Even if we have inwardly taken on the political bitterness or cynicism that exists externally, we can stop and begin to heal our own suffering, our own fear, with compassion. Through meditation and inner transformation, we can learn to make our own hearts a place of peace and integrity.  Each of us knows how to do this. As Gandhi acknowledged, “I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills.” Is is our inner nobility and steadiness that we must call on in our personal and collective difficulties.” ~ Jack Kornfield

Asimov

Lessons

Hunter

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”

Covid 19

Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing else could. Our minds are still racing back and forth, longing for a return to “normality”, trying to stitch our future to our past and refusing to acknowledge the rupture. But the rupture exists. And in the midst of this terrible despair, it offers us a chance to rethink the doomsday machine we have built for ourselves. Nothing could be worse than a return to normality. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.  ~ Arundhati Roy

Pope Francis

Vine Deloria, Jr.

Kahlil

Shooter

Arabian Proverb

Stand up for science

stupid is as stupid does

Ancestors

Buddhism Daily

from Eduardo Duran

Eve

Saadi

Muhammed Ali

Roethke

Real secret

"This is the real secret of life -

to be completely engaged with what you are doing

in the here and now.

And instead of calling it work,

realize it is play."

~Alan W. Watts 

Almost

Normal

Krishnamurti