“So the unwanting soul sees what’s hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.” ~ Lao Tzu Some of us brave the world, others hide. Some get by with little effort, while their neighbors struggle to live. Despite this struggle…People affect the changes they wish to see in the world, yet they cannot […]
“One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.”~ Friedrich Nietzsche Human emotion… A complexity that can be just as paradoxical as the universe itself. Though, this emotion is truly part of all existence. It comes to us through a passageway that […]
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” ~ Augustine of Hippo I often think about traveling, moving. The destination, whether here or there, makes little difference. The reason is simple. This reason dwells upon wanting to move, to have motion; a motion of life.. an active involvement […]
“They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.” ~ Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha I saw a picture of the above photo the other day as a social media post. I stopped and stared at it for […]
Pardon me while I reflect for a moment…………………. In the summer of 2012, I was immersed in my writing just as I had been since the beginning of the year. I was perfecting the last revisions to my book “SPHERE(S) Pondering With the Heartmind.” During that time I was diligently writing on this blog, as […]
“Three things cannot remain long hidden: The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth.” ~ Buddha Thought, ideas, science, intuition, faith, religion, common sense, feeling and truth. These are all tools by which human beings form their opinions, live their lives, form and govern ethics and ideals and follow their dreams. Over millennia, these forms of […]
“Intention is one of the most powerful forces there is. What you mean when you do a thing will always determine the outcome. The law creates the world.” ~Brenna Yovanoff Intention.. The word itself is interesting, as it is considered a noun. However, this word can be regarded as an action, or a prelude to […]
“Poverty calls us to sow hope…. Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is sick, in those unjust social structures.” ~ Pope Francis So it certainly seems as though we’ve come a long way as a people; from the days of being at mercy […]
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen, dead from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself.” ~ D.H. Lawrence Much can be said about the sphere of human nature. Moreover, one can contrast and compare what we view in the wild to how human beings […]
“When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.” ~ Cree Indian Prophecy I often wonder about what this world would be like with the absence […]