Shedding our Past

"Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again." - Gautama Buddha

Poetry Reading

Poetry Reading by Anna Swir

 I’m curled into a ball
like a dog
that is cold....

Who will tell me
why I was born,
why this monstrosity
called life.

The telephone rings. I have to give
a poetry reading.

I enter.
A hundred people, a hundred pairs of eyes.
They look, they wait.
I know for what.

I am supposed to tell them
why they were born,
why there is
this monstrosity called life.

Believe

“It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.”
― Beth Hoffman

Mystic's Quote

Goodwill and good intentions even with the strong foundations of philosophy are no guarantee that the road will take you to contentment or favorable recompense.

I have learnt that whatever you do, whatever road you take - you will suffer in... some inexplicable way.

Then the devil in your head, lurking quietly and waiting for its opportunity does mostly manage to make you lose your way by rationalizing certain possibilities – and before you know it you are trapped and wishing for release which often comes only with death.

If this will lead you to awakening is a matter solely dependent on your attitude to life.
Guru says that under their protection you are safe and the correct path will open up under all circumstances. This is as true as it can be but the painfulness that one has to bear does not get diminished. - The Mystic's Quotes (@ Facebook)
 

 

 

“The revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.” ― Tara Brach

 

What We Attract

"We attract not what we want, but what we are." - Wayne Dyer

On Listening

"Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another person." - Rachel Remen (from Shelby Collinge)

Ignore

"Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death." Rumi

Identifying with Soul

"If you are willing to identify with your soul, your physical world will come into a graceful alignment with your dreams." - Ships of Song (@ Twitter)

Closer to God

"To be closer to God, be closer to people" - Kahlil Gibran

God

"In the faces of men and women I see God." ~ Walt Whitman

Your Happiness

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - The Dalai Lama 

Whole Life

"Integrate your inner life with your outer life in order to achieve a whole life." - Marianne Williamson

Extreme Views

Anchored

“If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” - Henry Miller

Being Queen

"We're better than we've ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen." - Cindy Capehart

Nothing Lost

"There is nothing lost that cannot be found again if sought.” – Edmund Spenser

Inner Guidance

"Our inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first, not through intellectual understanding. The intellect works best in service to our intuition, our inner guidance, soul, God or higher power, whichever term we choose for the spiritual energy that animates life."

- Dr. Christiane Northrup

Balancing

"It is in the balancing of your spirituality with your humanity that you will find immeasurable happiness, success, good health, and love." - Steve Maraboli

Create Your Life

“My life didn't please me, so I created my life.”
~ Coco Chanel

A Hero

"I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward." - Lord Chesterfield

Being Beautiful

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Like the Lotus

"May I live like the lotus - at ease in muddy water." - Unknown

Our Own Lives

"The world is perfect. It's a mess. It has always been a mess. Our job is to straighten out our own lives." - Joseph Campbell