January 2012
11 posts
“Life was immeasurably better once I forced myself to stop taking it seriously.”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via nirvikalpa)
“1. Never obey anyone’s command unless it is coming from within you also.
2....”
– Osho (via nirvikalpa)
“The grave recieves you with love. Surrender yourself to the Earth. Return what...”
– Alejandro Jodorowsky (via nirvikalpa)
“We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via nirvikalpa)
〇: Animal Behavior Expert: Choose Vegetarian →
nirvikalpa:
In November, leading animal behaviorist and former professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Marc Bekoff, Ph.D. asked Psychology Today readers to ditch the traditional turkey dinner in favor of a cruelty-free Thanksgiving. Now, Dr. Bekoff has penned another
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I...”
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
〇: Helping Others →
nirvikalpa:
“Cast all alms, aspirations, desires to serve humanity and schemes to reform the world upon the Universal Power which sustains this universe. He is not a fool. He will do what is required. Lose the sense, “I am doing this.” Get rid of egoism. Do not think that you are the one to bring about…
“You suppose you are the trouble
but you are the cure.
You suppose that you are...”
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
December 2011
3 posts
“Every person I interact with is part of the person I am becoming.”
– Patricia Moreno (via human-voices)
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it...”
– Buddha
“You are God, but you do not know it.”
– Nisargadatta, I Am That (via human-voices)
“Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust...”
– Alan Watts (via human-voices)
“When asked what her advice usually is to aspiring singers, she says it boils...”
– Barbara Cook (via mtpstudios)
November 2011
6 posts
human voices: Not Knowing →
human-voices:
how would it be to allow for knowing
and not knowing:
allowing room
for the mystery
of creating
to be able to wonder
softly
without needing to understand everything
to trust in the process
to trust in love
to trust in the mystery and wonder
of the universe
that beats softly wildly
…
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
– Rumi (via quantumlove)
“I begin to understand the holiness of all living things, including myself, and...”
– A Course in Miracles
October 2011
6 posts
“Work with the self and you will change the world. Love yourself and you will...”
– Seven Sisters of Pleiades (via thebachbook)
The Bach Book: "The New Niggers Are Gays" →
thebachbook:
Those who declare “Gay is the New Black” have angered some within the black community who are weary of gays exploiting black suffering to legitimize their own, but the originator of this idea is one of the most powerful black leaders of our past, a man who The New York Herald Tribune called…
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will...”
– Carl Jung (via thoughts-like-blades)
“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust
“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. ...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
September 2011
10 posts
1 tag
“I couldn’t tell you because even I don’t know who I am yet.”
– Gabriel García Márquez (via lookingintotheabyss)
The Bach Book: Jamey Rodemeyer →
thebachbook:
I’ve never before posted on the subject of gay bullying because I’d rather illuminate our futures in the light of hope and grace than bemoan our defeats, but the report of Jamey Rodemeyer’s suicide gripped my heart this morning, and I cannot think of a more searing reminder that, for many…
“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are...”
– Ayn Rand
“Kindness-
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel...”
– Naomi Shihab Nye
“If you react as if you are persecuted, you are teaching persecution. Rather,...”
– A Course in Miracles
It was my way home tonight, when I stood in the empty parking lot of a closed church, watched the passing lights of disinterested cars, tilted my head back to a starless sky, closed my eyes, and let the universe breathe me.
My Garden
I’ve had a significant epiphany this weekend.. From my plants, and caring for them: Our lives should be lived like the cultivation of a garden.
It is important first to have a clear idea of what type of garden you want to have, because it is imperative to choose, seed, weed, and cultivate your plants very carefully. Take into account the plants’ needs. Are they high maintenance? Hardy?...