January 2012
94 posts
We make our world significant
by the courage of our questions,
and the...
– Carl Sagan
(via isought)
December 2011
196 posts
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via emanns)
what you seek is seeking you
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize...
– Lao Tzu (via thelittlephilosopher)
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is...
– Ernest Hemingway (via thefreenomad)
The more aware I become, I realize the less I know. And that realization opens...
– ~ Michaela (via lightrevelation)
Joyful Abandon: Society →
lazyyogi:
We spend a lot of time talking about society. Talking about what’s wrong with it, being victims of it, being rebels, being conformists, being consumers. So many identities and judgements are constrained to being related to and through society.
But one thing we often overlook is that society…
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Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are...
– Osho (via thefreenomad)
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about...
– Eckhart Tolle (via lazyyogi)
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You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your...
– Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
Poetry spills from the cracks of a broken heart, but flows from one which is...
– Christopher Paul Rubero (via art-and-dream)
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NOW
Things only happen now, not tomorrow and not yesterday. Tomorrow and yesterday do not exist, all that exists is now, the present. That is all you have control over. Be in your now for it is the only reality.
There's only one human you need to understand:...
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For...
– John Lennon (via elige)
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
– Dogen (via lazyyogi)
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Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds...
– William Wordsworth
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart … Who looks...
– Carl Jung (via thelittlephilosopher)
If you know that “I,” in the sense of the person, the front, the ego, really...
– Alan Watts (via weirdbuddha)
Being here & being happy
wordslessspoken:
Past is only a memory. The future is only an idea. There is only now, this moment. Don’t skip it looking for something else. Be here now. Be happy because you can choose to be. Don’t look outside yourself to anyone else or any other circumstance to make you happy. It’s not some mystical place you stumble upon by accident. It’s a choice.