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| Quotes for the Journey |
This body is not me; I am not caught in this body,
I am life without boundaries,
I have never been born and I have never died.
Over there the wide ocean and the sky with many galaxies
All manifests from the basis of consciousness.
Since beginningless time I have always been free.
Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out.
Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek.
So smile to me and take my hand and wave goodbye.
Tomorrow we shall meet again or even before.
We shall always be meeting again at the true source,
Always meeting again on the myriad paths of life.
"Given to the Dying" in Anguttara Nikaya
trans. Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear 2002
Trainings In Compassion
The practice of compassion begins at home. We have our parents, our
children, and our brothers and sisters, who perhaps irritate us the most, and
we begin our practice of loving-kindness and compassion with them. Then
gradually we extend our compassion out into our greater community, our
country, neighbouring countries, the world, and finally to all sentient beings
equally without exception.
Extending compassion in this way makes it evident that it is not very easy to
instantly have compassion for "all sentient beings." Theoretically it may be
comfortable to have compassion for "all sentient beings," but through our
practice we realize that "all sentient beings" is a collection of individuals.
When we actually try to generate compassion for each and every individual, it
becomes much more challenging. But if we cannot work with one individual,
then how can we work with all sentient beings? Therefore it is important for
us to reflect more practically, to work with compassion for individuals and
then extend that compassion further.
--From Trainings in Compassion by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche translated by the
Padmakara Translation Group
“By doing nothing one could accomplish everything."
-- Lao Tzu
Treat yourself as if you already are
what you'd like to be."
-- Dr. Wayne Dyer
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide
the conditions in which they can learn."
— Albert Einstein
"Beliefs are the determinants of what one
experiences. There are no external 'causes.'"
— David Hawkins
"Faith in anything, be it positive or negative,
produces results.
Putting faith in fear generates destructive results,
beginning with the disintegration
of our ability to relate confidently
to the external world."
-- Caroline Myss
"Never believe that a few caring people cannot change the world. For,
indeed, they are the only ones who ever have." Margaret Mead
What's difficult in life is to stay centered
when somebody does or says something
that tempts us to close our hearts
because their heart was closed.
That is hard. But that is also how we grow.
We go through those circumstances
in order to evolve into people who
can hold to our loving center
no matter what the world throws us."
-- Marianne Williamson
We change when the pain to change
is less than the pain to remain as we are."
--Ed Foreman
LOUSY AT MATH
Once a group of thieves stole a rare diamond
Larger than a goose egg.
Its value could have easily bought
One thousand horses
And two thousand acres
Of the most fertile land in Shiraz.
The thieves got drunk that night
To celebrate their great haul,
But during the course of the evening
The effects of the liquor
And their mistrust of each other grew to such
An extent
They decided to divide the stone into pieces.
Of course then the Priceless became lost.
Most everyone is lousy at math
And does that to God -
Dissects the Indivisible One,
By thinking, saying,
"This is my Beloved, he looks like this
And acts like that,
How could that moron over there
Really
Be
God."
~ Hafiz ~
74 Tao Te Ching
If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying,
there is nothing you can't achieve.
Trying to control the future
is like trying to take the master carpenter's place.
When you handle the master carpenter's tools,
chances are that you'll cut yourself.
(Tao Te Ching, trans. by Stephen Mitchell)
I am life without boundaries,
I have never been born and I have never died.
Over there the wide ocean and the sky with many galaxies
All manifests from the basis of consciousness.
Since beginningless time I have always been free.
Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out.
Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek.
So smile to me and take my hand and wave goodbye.
Tomorrow we shall meet again or even before.
We shall always be meeting again at the true source,
Always meeting again on the myriad paths of life.
"Given to the Dying" in Anguttara Nikaya
trans. Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear 2002
Trainings In Compassion
The practice of compassion begins at home. We have our parents, our
children, and our brothers and sisters, who perhaps irritate us the most, and
we begin our practice of loving-kindness and compassion with them. Then
gradually we extend our compassion out into our greater community, our
country, neighbouring countries, the world, and finally to all sentient beings
equally without exception.
Extending compassion in this way makes it evident that it is not very easy to
instantly have compassion for "all sentient beings." Theoretically it may be
comfortable to have compassion for "all sentient beings," but through our
practice we realize that "all sentient beings" is a collection of individuals.
When we actually try to generate compassion for each and every individual, it
becomes much more challenging. But if we cannot work with one individual,
then how can we work with all sentient beings? Therefore it is important for
us to reflect more practically, to work with compassion for individuals and
then extend that compassion further.
--From Trainings in Compassion by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche translated by the
Padmakara Translation Group
“By doing nothing one could accomplish everything."
-- Lao Tzu
Treat yourself as if you already are
what you'd like to be."
-- Dr. Wayne Dyer
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide
the conditions in which they can learn."
— Albert Einstein
"Beliefs are the determinants of what one
experiences. There are no external 'causes.'"
— David Hawkins
"Faith in anything, be it positive or negative,
produces results.
Putting faith in fear generates destructive results,
beginning with the disintegration
of our ability to relate confidently
to the external world."
-- Caroline Myss
"Never believe that a few caring people cannot change the world. For,
indeed, they are the only ones who ever have." Margaret Mead
What's difficult in life is to stay centered
when somebody does or says something
that tempts us to close our hearts
because their heart was closed.
That is hard. But that is also how we grow.
We go through those circumstances
in order to evolve into people who
can hold to our loving center
no matter what the world throws us."
-- Marianne Williamson
We change when the pain to change
is less than the pain to remain as we are."
--Ed Foreman
LOUSY AT MATH
Once a group of thieves stole a rare diamond
Larger than a goose egg.
Its value could have easily bought
One thousand horses
And two thousand acres
Of the most fertile land in Shiraz.
The thieves got drunk that night
To celebrate their great haul,
But during the course of the evening
The effects of the liquor
And their mistrust of each other grew to such
An extent
They decided to divide the stone into pieces.
Of course then the Priceless became lost.
Most everyone is lousy at math
And does that to God -
Dissects the Indivisible One,
By thinking, saying,
"This is my Beloved, he looks like this
And acts like that,
How could that moron over there
Really
Be
God."
~ Hafiz ~
74 Tao Te Ching
If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying,
there is nothing you can't achieve.
Trying to control the future
is like trying to take the master carpenter's place.
When you handle the master carpenter's tools,
chances are that you'll cut yourself.
(Tao Te Ching, trans. by Stephen Mitchell)
| There are some questions and some answers that are perennial... for those who seek wisdom and comfort... |
"The truth you believe and
cling to
makes you unavailable to
hear anything new."
-- Pema Chodron
cling to
makes you unavailable to
hear anything new."
-- Pema Chodron
"You are never given a wish
without
also being given the power
to make it come true."
-- Richard Bach
without
also being given the power
to make it come true."
-- Richard Bach
| Fresh To move Cleanly. Needing to be Nowhere else. Wanting nothing From any store. To lift something You already had And set it down in A new place. Awakened eye Seeing freshly. What does that do to The old blood moving through Its channels? ~ Naomi Shihab Nye ~ |
| "The intelligent want self-control; children want candy." ~ Mevlana Rumi |