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POETRY and PROSE ~
The Gift of Wise Words -- 1.
~ Sir Charles Dickens ~
exploration T.S. Eliot
With the Drawing of This Love
and the Voice of this Calling --
• We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. <<<< the famous part
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
Costing not less than everything.
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
"The Little Gidding" is the last of
T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets.
For a good biographical site on Eliot
and some analysis of his poetry, go to
the Academy of American Poet's website.
Hi Dharma Sitting Friends ~
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~ The Gift of Wise Words
If we have no peace,
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
"One easily-made, common mistake
If we have no peace,
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
______________
“ Most 'Thinking' is linear,
The Gift of Wise Words -- 1.
POETRY and PROSE ~
The Gift of Wise Words -- 1.
The Gift of Wise Words -- 1.
UNCERTAIN Times
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times..."
-----------------------------------------------
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times..."
-----------------------------------------------
As my Brooklyn born Dad, a tough guy
from the poor neighborhood usta' say...
from the poor neighborhood usta' say...
“Yup, we're smack dab in the middle
of some pretty, pretty nasty
Uncertain Times -- Oiy !”
Dickens agrees...
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times,
It Was The Age of Wisdom,
It Was The Age of Foolishness,
It Was The Epoch of Belief,
It Was The Epoch of Incredulity,
It Was The Season f of Light,
It Was The Season of Darkness,
It Was The Spring of Hope,
It Was The Winter of Despair,
We Had Everything Before Us,
We Had Nothing Before Us,
We Were All Going Direct To Heaven,
We Were All Going Direct The Other Way -
In Short, That Period Was So Far
Just Like The Present Period.”
~ Sir Charles Dickens ~
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Page 1.
--------------------------------------------------------------
exploration T.S. Eliot
With the Drawing of This Love
and the Voice of this Calling --
• We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. <<<< the famous part
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
Costing not less than everything.
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
"The Little Gidding" is the last of
T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets.
For a good biographical site on Eliot
and some analysis of his poetry, go to
the Academy of American Poet's website.
UNFINISHED 1.
OVERVIEW Sections 7/16
• EDITING is WAY INCOMPLETE
• Please Read Anyway,
Like any good Buddhist thought,
other than little flashing pixels,
it really goes Nowhere.
Like any good Buddhist thought,
other than little flashing pixels,
it really goes Nowhere.
Actually this whole sorta
Last Wacky Buddha-blog is
an Unfinished Entertainment
an Unfinished Entertainment
- now it's a SINGLE SCROLL,
ONE VERY LONG PAGE
So START ANYWHERE
that catches your eye.
That goes for the whole site.
_______________________
Hi Dharma Sitting Friends ~
JUST GETTING STARTED:
If you graze and scroll n' roll
around in this site, and breathe,
follow some of it along - breathe
while you be verbally silent --
and ponder, and contemplate
what these savvy authors are
really saying about Life - breathe,
there's good quotes and readings
in here to inspire and uplift you --
so please just dig in -- and breathe,
what these savvy authors are
really saying about Life - breathe,
there's good quotes and readings
in here to inspire and uplift you --
so please just dig in -- and breathe,
slow down and breathe, drink deeply,
intelligently nourish your Spirit....
.... and breathe
intelligently nourish your Spirit....
.... and breathe
“ Most 'Thinking' is linear,
most of Life isn't “ ~A~
PAGES TO GET DOWN INTO. . .
re-started MARCH 2016
ongoing work copy / multiple versions
_________________________________
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~ The Gift of Wise Words
" The Gift of Wise Words "
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE ! ”
.
.
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Laughing Buddha...
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
.
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest, pragmatic guidance
you’ll ever, ever read -- and put to
your own personal use
and offer it to others.
some of the wisest, pragmatic guidance
you’ll ever, ever read -- and put to
your own personal use
and offer it to others.
------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
______________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ~
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!” ~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
.
.
'Darkness'
"No matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness."
~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
.
~ Maimonides more
than 800 years ago said:
"A single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away."
than 800 years ago said:
"A single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away."
.
.
"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not d-e-l-u-d-e-d by it.
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not d-e-l-u-d-e-d by it.
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
.
____________________
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_________________
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies. ~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
WE must be the change we want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_________________
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies. ~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
WE must be the change we want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other
~ Mother Teresa
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love
deserves your OWN affection, care and love
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere
and you will not find that person anywhere
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
" At night make me fearlessly
" At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light "
~ Wendell Berry
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
_____________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
___________________________
The Dalai Lama suggests that....
“Whatever the Question ~
The Dalai Lama suggests that....
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”
~ The Dalai Lama
~ The Dalai Lama
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
______________
most of Life isn't “
BUDDHIST COUNSELING SESSIONS
and “MINDFULNESS PRACTICE” are now
specifically designated as a ‘THERAPY’
by the licensed psychology and medical
establishment community + insurance
We’ve never actually had that before,
by the licensed psychology and medical
establishment community + insurance
We’ve never actually had that before,
before Zinn and MIT and MBSR… Whew !
That’s another progressive huge step for
the science and spirituality crossover…
Buddha said ~
“Ananda, you are finally
coming to your SENSES --
Using your body Sensations
skillfully -- and using them as
you would mark a book,
‘Waking Up Objects’ of
observation to notice,
to watch, to mark,
and be aware of…
" What is accepted by the majority of people -
does not mean it is Real." ~ The Buddha
Buddhist Mindfulness Therapy is New !
Awakening Mindfulness Meditation Practice
~ is an effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' way
- complementary to contemporary psychotherapy
for the Discomforted Mind, Wounded Spirit or
Disheartened, Despairing Relationship ~
all in the midst of our very edgy,
over-driven, survival-stressed
Uncertain Times
_______________________
“And then the day came
when the risk to remain
tight in a bud
was more painful
than the risk it took
to blossom” ~ Anais Nin
___________________________
Maybe you're a very
UNCOMMON PERSON ....
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
_______________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”.
UNCERTAIN Times
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times..."
-----------------------------------------------
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times..."
-----------------------------------------------
As my Brooklyn born Dad, a tough guy
from the poor neighborhood usta' say...
from the poor neighborhood usta' say...
“Yup, we're smack dab in the middle
of some pretty, pretty nasty
Uncertain Times -- Oiy !”
Dickens agrees...
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times,
It Was The Age of Wisdom,
It Was The Age of Foolishness,
It Was The Epoch of Belief,
It Was The Epoch of Incredulity,
It Was The Season f of Light,
It Was The Season of Darkness,
It Was The Spring of Hope,
It Was The Winter of Despair,
We Had Everything Before Us,
We Had Nothing Before Us,
We Were All Going Direct To Heaven,
We Were All Going Direct The Other Way -
In Short, That Period Was So Far
Just Like The Present Period.”
~ Sir Charles Dickens ~
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Page 1.
--------------------------------------------------------------
exploration T.S. Eliot
With the Drawing of This Love
and the Voice of this Calling --
• We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. <<<< the famous part
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
Costing not less than everything.
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
"The Little Gidding" is the last of
T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets.
For a good biographical site on Eliot
and some analysis of his poetry, go to
the Academy of American Poet's website.
UNFINISHED 1.
OVERVIEW Sections 7/16
• EDITING is WAY INCOMPLETE
• Please Read Anyway,
Like any good Buddhist thought,
other than little flashing pixels,
it really goes Nowhere.
Like any good Buddhist thought,
other than little flashing pixels,
it really goes Nowhere.
Actually this whole sorta
Last Wacky Buddha-blog is
an Unfinished Entertainment
an Unfinished Entertainment
- now it's a SINGLE SCROLL,
ONE VERY LONG PAGE
So START ANYWHERE
that catches your eye.
That goes for the whole site.
_______________________
Hi Dharma Sitting Friends ~
JUST GETTING STARTED:
If you graze and scroll n' roll
around in this site, and breathe,
follow some of it along - breathe
while you be verbally silent --
and ponder, and contemplate
what these savvy authors are
really saying about Life - breathe,
there's good quotes and readings
in here to inspire and uplift you --
so please just dig in -- and breathe,
what these savvy authors are
really saying about Life - breathe,
there's good quotes and readings
in here to inspire and uplift you --
so please just dig in -- and breathe,
slow down and breathe, drink deeply,
intelligently nourish your Spirit....
.... and breathe
intelligently nourish your Spirit....
.... and breathe
“ Most 'Thinking' is linear,
most of Life isn't “ ~A~
PAGES TO GET DOWN INTO. . .
re-started MARCH 2016
ongoing work copy / multiple versions
_________________________________
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~ The Gift of Wise Words
" The Gift of Wise Words "
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE ! ”
.
.
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Laughing Buddha...
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
.
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest, pragmatic guidance
you’ll ever, ever read -- and put to
your own personal use
and offer it to others.
some of the wisest, pragmatic guidance
you’ll ever, ever read -- and put to
your own personal use
and offer it to others.
------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
______________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ~
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!” ~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
.
.
'Darkness'
"No matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness."
~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
.
~ Maimonides more
than 800 years ago said:
"A single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away."
than 800 years ago said:
"A single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away."
.
.
"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not d-e-l-u-d-e-d by it.
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not d-e-l-u-d-e-d by it.
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
.
____________________
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_________________
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies. ~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
WE must be the change we want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_________________
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies. ~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
WE must be the change we want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other
~ Mother Teresa
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love
deserves your OWN affection, care and love
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere
and you will not find that person anywhere
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
" At night make me fearlessly
" At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light "
~ Wendell Berry
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
_____________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
___________________________
The Dalai Lama suggests that....
“Whatever the Question ~
The Dalai Lama suggests that....
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”
~ The Dalai Lama
~ The Dalai Lama
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
______________
most of Life isn't “
BUDDHIST COUNSELING SESSIONS
and “MINDFULNESS PRACTICE” are now
specifically designated as a ‘THERAPY’
by the licensed psychology and medical
establishment community + insurance
We’ve never actually had that before,
by the licensed psychology and medical
establishment community + insurance
We’ve never actually had that before,
before Zinn and MIT and MBSR… Whew !
That’s another progressive huge step for
the science and spirituality crossover…
Buddha said ~
“Ananda, you are finally
coming to your SENSES --
Using your body Sensations
skillfully -- and using them as
you would mark a book,
‘Waking Up Objects’ of
observation to notice,
to watch, to mark,
and be aware of…
" What is accepted by the majority of people -
does not mean it is Real." ~ The Buddha
Buddhist Mindfulness Therapy is New !
Awakening Mindfulness Meditation Practice
~ is an effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' way
- complementary to contemporary psychotherapy
for the Discomforted Mind, Wounded Spirit or
Disheartened, Despairing Relationship ~
all in the midst of our very edgy,
over-driven, survival-stressed
Uncertain Times
_______________________
“And then the day came
when the risk to remain
tight in a bud
was more painful
than the risk it took
to blossom” ~ Anais Nin
___________________________
Maybe you're a very
UNCOMMON PERSON ....
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
_______________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”.
POETRY and PROSE ~
The Gift of Wise Words -- 1.
The Gift of Wise Words -- 1.
UNCERTAIN Times
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times..."
-----------------------------------------------
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times..."
-----------------------------------------------
As my Brooklyn born Dad, a tough guy
from the poor neighborhood usta' say...
from the poor neighborhood usta' say...
“Yup, we're smack dab in the middle
of some pretty, pretty nasty
Uncertain Times -- Oiy !”
Dickens agrees...
" It Was The Best of Times,
It Was The Worst of Times,
It Was The Age of Wisdom,
It Was The Age of Foolishness,
It Was The Epoch of Belief,
It Was The Epoch of Incredulity,
It Was The Season f of Light,
It Was The Season of Darkness,
It Was The Spring of Hope,
It Was The Winter of Despair,
We Had Everything Before Us,
We Had Nothing Before Us,
We Were All Going Direct To Heaven,
We Were All Going Direct The Other Way -
In Short, That Period Was So Far
Just Like The Present Period.”
~ Sir Charles Dickens ~
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Page 1.
--------------------------------------------------------------
exploration T.S. Eliot
With the Drawing of This Love
and the Voice of this Calling --
• We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. <<<< the famous part
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
Costing not less than everything.
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
"The Little Gidding" is the last of
T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets.
For a good biographical site on Eliot
and some analysis of his poetry, go to
the Academy of American Poet's website.
UNFINISHED 1.
OVERVIEW Sections 7/16
• EDITING is WAY INCOMPLETE
• Please Read Anyway,
Like any good Buddhist thought,
other than little flashing pixels,
it really goes Nowhere.
Like any good Buddhist thought,
other than little flashing pixels,
it really goes Nowhere.
Actually this whole sorta
Last Wacky Buddha-blog is
an Unfinished Entertainment
an Unfinished Entertainment
- now it's a SINGLE SCROLL,
ONE VERY LONG PAGE
So START ANYWHERE
that catches your eye.
That goes for the whole site.
_______________________
Hi Dharma Sitting Friends ~
JUST GETTING STARTED:
If you graze and scroll n' roll
around in this site, and breathe,
follow some of it along - breathe
while you be verbally silent --
and ponder, and contemplate
what these savvy authors are
really saying about Life - breathe,
there's good quotes and readings
in here to inspire and uplift you --
so please just dig in -- and breathe,
what these savvy authors are
really saying about Life - breathe,
there's good quotes and readings
in here to inspire and uplift you --
so please just dig in -- and breathe,
slow down and breathe, drink deeply,
intelligently nourish your Spirit....
.... and breathe
intelligently nourish your Spirit....
.... and breathe
“ Most 'Thinking' is linear,
most of Life isn't “ ~A~
PAGES TO GET DOWN INTO. . .
re-started MARCH 2016
ongoing work copy / multiple versions
_________________________________
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~ The Gift of Wise Words
" The Gift of Wise Words "
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE ! ”
.
.
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Laughing Buddha...
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
.
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest, pragmatic guidance
you’ll ever, ever read -- and put to
your own personal use
and offer it to others.
some of the wisest, pragmatic guidance
you’ll ever, ever read -- and put to
your own personal use
and offer it to others.
------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
______________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ~
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!” ~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
.
.
'Darkness'
"No matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness."
~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
.
~ Maimonides more
than 800 years ago said:
"A single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away."
than 800 years ago said:
"A single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away."
.
.
"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not d-e-l-u-d-e-d by it.
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not d-e-l-u-d-e-d by it.
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
.
____________________
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_________________
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies. ~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
WE must be the change we want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_________________
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies. ~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
WE must be the change we want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other
~ Mother Teresa
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love
deserves your OWN affection, care and love
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere
and you will not find that person anywhere
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
" At night make me fearlessly
" At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light "
~ Wendell Berry
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
_____________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
___________________________
The Dalai Lama suggests that....
“Whatever the Question ~
The Dalai Lama suggests that....
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”
~ The Dalai Lama
~ The Dalai Lama
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
______________
most of Life isn't “
BUDDHIST COUNSELING SESSIONS
and “MINDFULNESS PRACTICE” are now
specifically designated as a ‘THERAPY’
by the licensed psychology and medical
establishment community + insurance
We’ve never actually had that before,
by the licensed psychology and medical
establishment community + insurance
We’ve never actually had that before,
before Zinn and MIT and MBSR… Whew !
That’s another progressive huge step for
the science and spirituality crossover…
Buddha said ~
“Ananda, you are finally
coming to your SENSES --
Using your body Sensations
skillfully -- and using them as
you would mark a book,
‘Waking Up Objects’ of
observation to notice,
to watch, to mark,
and be aware of…
" What is accepted by the majority of people -
does not mean it is Real." ~ The Buddha
Buddhist Mindfulness Therapy is New !
Awakening Mindfulness Meditation Practice
~ is an effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' way
- complementary to contemporary psychotherapy
for the Discomforted Mind, Wounded Spirit or
Disheartened, Despairing Relationship ~
all in the midst of our very edgy,
over-driven, survival-stressed
Uncertain Times
_______________________
“And then the day came
when the risk to remain
tight in a bud
was more painful
than the risk it took
to blossom” ~ Anais Nin
___________________________
Maybe you're a very
UNCOMMON PERSON ....
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
_______________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”.
BUDDHIST that before,
before Zinn and MIT and MBSR… Whew !
That’s another progressive huge step for
the science and spirituality crossover…
Buddha said ~
“Ananda, you are finally
coming to your SENSES --
Your body Sensations
-- and using them as
you would mark a book,
‘Waking Up Objects’ of
observation to notice,
to watch, to mark,
and be aware of…
" What is accepted by the majority of people -
does not mean it is Real." ~ The Buddha
Buddhist Mindfulness Therapy is New !
Awakening Mindfulness Meditation Practice
~ is an effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' way
- complementary to contemporary psychotherapy
for the Discomforted Mind, Wounded Spirit or
Disheartened, Despairing Relationship ~
all in the midst of our very edgy,
over-driven, survival-stressed
Uncertain Times
_______________________
“And then the day came
when the risk to remain
tight in a bud
was more painful
than the risk it took
to blossom” ~ Anais Nin
___________________________
Maybe you're a very
UNCOMMON PERSON ....
POETRY and PROSE ~ The Gift of Wise Words 2.
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
______________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.
.
QUOTES & POETRY ~
The Gift of Wise Words
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Spiritual Adulthood.
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
.
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
and put to your own personal use or offer to others.----------------------------------------------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
________________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ~
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
.
.
'Darkness' -
no matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness.~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
.
~ Maimonides more than 800 years ago said:
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
.
.
"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
.
____________________
POETRY and PROSE ~ The Gift of Wise Words 2.
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
______________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.
.
QUOTES & POETRY ~
The Gift of Wise Words
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Spiritual Adulthood.
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
.
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
and put to your own personal use or offer to others.----------------------------------------------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
________________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ~
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
.
.
'Darkness' -
no matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness.~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
.
~ Maimonides more than 800 years ago said:
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
.
.
"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
.
____________________
POETRY and PROSE ~ The Gift of Wise Words 2.
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
______________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.
.
QUOTES & POETRY ~
The Gift of Wise Words
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Spiritual Adulthood.
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
.
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
and put to your own personal use or offer to others.----------------------------------------------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
________________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ~
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
.
.
'Darkness' -
no matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness.~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
.
~ Maimonides more than 800 years ago said:
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
.
.
"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
.
____________________
POETRY and PROSE ~ The Gift of Wise Words 2.
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
______________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.
.
QUOTES & POETRY ~
The Gift of Wise Words
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Spiritual Adulthood.
.
.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
_______________________________
“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
.
.
“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
and put to your own personal use or offer to others.----------------------------------------------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
________________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________
"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ---
“Whatever the Question ---
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”
~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
.
.
'Darkness' -
no matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness.~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
.
~ Maimonides more than 800 years ago said:
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
.
.
"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
.
____________________
POETRY and PROSE ~ The Gift of Wise Words 2.
ENCOURAGING QUOTES and LIBERATING POETRY ~
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
______________________________________________
” THE GREATEST RISK
IS NOT TAKING ONE! ”
.
.
.
.
QUOTES & POETRY ~
The Gift of Wise Words
.
Optional Quotes you may wish to read
These are some poetry-inspired ideas
that 'Inform' us here at Spiritual Adulthood.
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.“If you do not see Godliness
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
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“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
in the next person you meet,
you need look no further.” ~ Gandhi
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“La vraie générosité envers l’avenir
consiste à tout donner au présent.”
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”~ Albert Camus
To measure you by your smallest deed
is to judge the ocean by the frailty of it’s foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame
upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.~ Kahlil Gibran
What good you do is of little significance,
But it is very important that you do it.
BE the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa
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“You yourself,
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.
You can explore the whole universe
looking for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself…
and you will not find that person anywhere.
and you will not find that person anywhere.
To be maximum effective ~
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
the Practice of Loving-Kindness
must absolutely begin with yourself !”
~ The Buddha
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win —
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham “Outwitted”
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
Do not look back in Anger —
or forward in Fear —
but around in Awareness.
~ James Thurber
At night make me fearlessly
At night make me fearlessly
one with the darkness ~
In the morning make me
In the morning make me
optimistically one with the light
~ Wendell Berry
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
You may want to hi-lite, copy, paste and send
the Rilke quote below to people you know…
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
some of the wisest guidance you’ll ever read,
and put to your own personal use or offer to others.----------------------------------------------------------------
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
♦ here it is ~
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the ‘Questions’ themselves -
like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign language.
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
Do not, just right now, seek for the 'Answers'.
The ‘Answers’ which cannot now be given to you -
because you would not be able to actually ‘live’ them.
And the point is to ‘live’ everything -
experiencing everything.
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
At present, you need to live the Questions themselves.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without even noticing it,
live along some day into the true Answer. Your answer.”
~ Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” Paris 1908
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"One easily-made, common mistake
is to think that 'your' reality is THE reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one."
~ Amaji Meera
“Whatever the Question ~
“Whatever the Question ~
Love and Kindness is the Answer!”~ The Dalai Lama
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
“La vraie generosite envers l'avenir
consiste a tout donner au present.”
“True generosity towards the future
“True generosity towards the future
is to give everything to the present.”
~ Albert Camus
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'Darkness' -
no matter how ominous and intimidating -
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
Darkness is not a 'thing' or a 'force' –
it is merely the absence of Light.
Darkness is merely the absence
Darkness is merely the absence
or concealment of the Good.
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
So 'Light' need not combat and overpower
darkness in order to displace it.
Simply, where Light is, darkness is not.
A thimbleful of Light will therefore
banish a roomful of darkness.
One need not 'defeat'
the 'Darkness' in the world –
One need only bring to Light
One need only bring to Light
its potential for Goodness.~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe
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~ Maimonides more than 800 years ago said:
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
a single deed,
a single word,
even one single thought,
has the power to TIP the scales
and bring redemption to your world.
no matter how dark the world
may seem or feel ~
Light is just a single action away.
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"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other."
that we belong to each other."
~ Mother Teresa
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
"Wise, clear understanding is key
to the dissolution of all ignorances --
Then be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible."
~ The Dalai Lama
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
“Who was born first, 'You' or 'The World'?
As long as you give first place to ‘The World’
-- you are bound by it.
Once you realize, beyond all trace of doubt,
that the ‘world’ is in you --
-- and not 'you' in the world,
right then and there, you are out of it.
Of course, your body remains in the world
and 'of' the world,
but YOU are not >d-e-l-u-d-e-d<>
You are free !
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
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