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Monday, 08 September 2008
Archives 2006 Mar/Apr Inspirational Quotes
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 Alone, with only the scream of junglebirds and the crunching of undergrowth beneath my feet my heart pounds, audible to the world; this emotion swells to a crescendo of tears as I look about me for dead bodies only to realize that the war had ended for me more than a decade ago; God, I wish I could come home! ––Claude Anshin Thomas What Book! We must not bring one war to an end, or thirty, but the idea of war itself.” ––Deepak Chopra The Path If anybody asks you what the Path is about, It’s about generosity. It’s about morality. It’s about concentration. It’s about gaining insight through focused self-observation. It’s about the cultivation of subjective states of compasion and love based on insight. And it’s about translating that compassion and love into actions in the real world. ––Shinzen Young Roshi by Leonard Cohen I never really understood what he said but every now and then I find myself barking with the dog or bending with the irises or helping out in other little ways This poem was written by Leonard for our mutual teacher, Joshu Sasaki Roshi of Mount Baldy Zen Center. Sasaki Roshi’s description of enlightenment in terms of expansion and contraction has profoundly informed the way I teach meditation. —Shinzen The Vastness The most sought after truth is right in front of you. Look in the mirror. The Vastness itself has appeared. Surely nothing is as great as the One who loves so absolutely that it is willing to be unseen and disregarded, all the while loving you, waiting patiently by the door of distant memory, until you realize the love so fiercely sought was in you, as you, all along. --Fawn Moran www.journeyhome.com The most instructive experiences are those of every day life. ––Friedrich Nietzsche Deep inside you is a patient, wizened old soul who is waiting for you to attain soul-realization. It’s waiting for you to see through the game, to see through the illusion, and to express what you truly are. Relaxed, and with detached wisdom, you shall find yourself. ––Mark Barrow, Common Sense God One word frees us from the weight and pain of life; that word is Love. ––Sophocles Silence Heals It’s in silence where you meet your real Self. This Self is the Home you wandered away from, the Home you could never leave, and were convinced you could never find. You’ve been wandering as though Homeless when it was never really possible to leave home at all. Your despair, your loneliness have come from the perception that you have been separated from your Source. Nothing could be further from the Truth. Enter the Silence to find what has always been here--in the depths of Love is the Vastness that is You. Welcome Home. --Fawn Moran from ”Remember the Gift” www.journeyhome.com More things grow in the garden than the gardener sows. ––Spanish Proverb ”Are you a God?” they asked the Buddha. ”No,” he replied. ”Are you an angel, then?” ”No.” ”A saint?” ”No.” ”Then what are you?” Replied the Buddha,”I am awake.” ––Huston Smith Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. ––Claude Bernard The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. ––Jalaluddin Rumi “God breaks the heart again and again and again, until it stays open.” ––Hazrat Inayat Khan Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. ––Marie Curie For those who believe, no explanation is needed. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible. ––Ignatius Loyala |
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