Self

Small everyday

Love is about appreciation

Invincible

"In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
~Albert Camus

Cloud free

"Thus, the teachings on Buddha Nature do not mean that there is some nucleus of Buddhhood enclosed in sentient beings behind the temporary obscuring stains. Rather, our whole existence as sentient beings is in itself the sum of temporary stains that float like clouds in the infinite, bright sky of Buddha Nature, the luminous, open expanse of our mind that has no limits or boundaries. Once these clouds dissolve from the warm rays of the sun of wisdom shining in this space, nothing within sentient beings has been freed or developed, but there is just this radiant expanse without any reference points of cloud-like sentient beings or cloud-free Buddhas."

(Sthiramati, 6th century Indian Buddhist scholar-monk)

Love comes more naturally

One Common Mind

 

There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate. What Plato has thought, he may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series1

What is wisdom?

"So what is wisdom? Wisdom is that knowledge that nurtures relationships.  Wisdom is that knowledge that looks at us ourselves in ecological terms,  that we are as part of an ecosystem, a chain of being,  a web of existence."

Deepak Chopra

Words have power

Feels free

Intelligent life

Ubuntu

Old Picture

“Your expectation of something unique and dramatic, of some wonderful explosion, is merely hindering and delaying your Self Realization. You are not to expect an explosion, for the explosion has already happened - at the moment when you were born, when you realized yourself as Being-Knowing-Feeling. There is only one mistake you are making: you take the inner for the outer and the outer for the in...See More

— with Sonali Das and Didi Poblador Mendoza.

Pursued by awkward qualities

If you try to avoid or remove the awkward quality, it will pursue you. The only effective way to still its unease is to transfigure it, to let it become something creative and positive that contributes to who you are. Nietzche said that one of the best days in his life was the day when he re-baptized all his negative qualities as his best qualities. Rather than banishing what is at first glimpse unwelcome, you bring it home to unity with your life.....One of your sacred duties is to exercise kindness toward them. In a sense, you are called to be a loving parent to your delinquent qualities. ♥

 ~ Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Sam I Am

Ram Dass

Present

Four questions

No thing

Proverb

Archetypes

"Having been brought up in a mythical culture, I was very familiar with the  different motifs and themes that were encapsulated in say a mythical being, whether it was Lord Shiva, or Ganesha, or a Goddess. Just thinking the name of that person the whole story was evoked. Carl Jung called these archetypes. Archetypes are primordial encapsulated stories or mythologies and they are in the form of a seed in consciousness. When you plant that seed in consciousness, that archetypal seed,  that mythical journey, then that seed starts to sprout. And as it sprouts, the patterning forces creates the situations, circumstances, events, and relationships for the unfolding of the story.  I say select 2 or 3 heroes or heroines in mythology, or religion, or history and then ask these mythical beings to incarnate through you. And then don't be surprised when your see situations, circumstances, coincidences, synchronicity, and relationships finally show up that actually are part of the story you have been seeking to express."
Deepak Chopra

Source of a happy life

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

- Dalai Lama

Gap in between

"When one past thought has ceased and a future thought has not yet risen, in that gap, in between, isn't there a consciousness of the present moment; fresh, virgin, unaltered by even a hair's breadth of a concept,
a luminous, naked awareness? Well, that's what naturally peaceful awareness is." 

~ Sogyal Rinpoche

A Sane Man

Live Up To It.

“If it is a myth that humans are rational, intellectual, spiritual, self aware, creative, conscientious, moral and godlike, then it is a myth we have created in defiance of our behavior. However, if we want to be human beings through the changes we face; the thing to do is not discard this self-created myth, but … live up to it.”  (Teilhard de Jardin)

A little bit of good...

Small things

Disheartend?

MFA

Health Benefits

Symptoms

"There are two main symptoms of enlightenment, two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light-hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities. And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous." ~ Deepak Chopra

I offer you peace
I ha'awi oukou he wa kau'a ole.
I offer you Love
I ha'awi oe aloha aku.
I offer you friendship
I ha'awi oe pilialoha.
I see your beauty
I nana maka ko'olua puni nani.
I hear your needs
I haliu ka pepeiao ko oukou he nele.
I feel your feelings
I haha aku ko oukou e na'au.
My wisdom flows from the Highest Source
Ka'u na'auao mana'o e kahe me he wai la aku ke Ki'eki'eloa he punawai.
I salute that Source in you
I uwe aloha aku ua mea la ke kumu iloko oukou.
Let us work together
E ae aku ame ue pau loa hana pu na lokahi e aloha aku.
Vows of Aloha/Peace by Mohatma Ghandhi
Translated by Ha'Makua Ke'e'aiMoku

"Knowledge comes from acquiring and grasping facts. Wisdom comes from reflecting on and digesting experiences, learning their lessons, gaining insights and developing guiding life-principles. The 11th century poet and Jewish philosopher Ibn Gabriol says: "In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening, the third remembering, the fourth practicing, the fifth - teaching others."
--Surya Das

Not fooled

"Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused."
--African saying

"The One Thing You Must Do"

"There is one thing in this world that you must never forget to do. If you forget everything else and not this, there's nothing to worry about; but if you remember everything else and forget this, then you will have done nothing in your life. It's as if a king has sent you to some country to do a task, and you perform a hundred other services, but not the one he sent you to do. So human beings come to this world to do particular work. That work is the purpose, and each is specific to the person. If you don't do it, it's as though a priceless Indian sword were used to slice rotten meat. It's a golden bowl being used to cook turnips, when one filing from the bowl could buy a hundred suitable pots. It's a knife of the finest tempering nailed into a wall to hang things on. You say, "But look, I'm using the dagger. It's not lying idle." Do you hear how ludicrous that sounds? For a penny, an iron nail could be bought to serve the purpose. You say, "But I spend my energies on lofty enterprises. I study jurisprudence and philosophy and logic and astronomy and medicine and all the rest." But consider why you do those things.  They are all branches of yourself.  Remember the deep root of your being, the presence of your lord. Give your life to the one who already owns your breath and your moments. If you don't, you will be exactly like the man who takes a precious dagger and hammers it into his kitchen wall for a peg to hold his dipper gourd. You'll be wasting valuable keenness and foolishly ignoring your dignity and your purpose".

Jalal al-Din Rumi, 13th century Persian Poet & Sufi Philosopher , Translation by Coleman Barks      

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has defined spirituality in the following way:  "Spirituality addresses qualities of the human spirit that include love, compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, a sense of responsiblity, which bring happiness to self and others.  It as well includes a basic concern for the well-being of others.  And it has an emphasis on contemplative practices cultivating ethics, stability, and prosocial mental qualities."

Cloud Atlas

"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others, past and present...and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future."
- From Cloud Atlas - an epic and moving story