Seeing Things As They Are

If the doors of perception were cleansed, 

man would see things as they are, 

infinite.

~William Blake

More inspirational quotes can be found at my new website, Mandala Madness. 

The Yogi of Harmony

When the mind of the Yogi is in harmony and finds rest in the Spirit within, 

all restless desires gone, then he is a Yukta, one with God.

Then his soul is a lamp whose light is steady, 

for it burns in a shelter where no winds come.  ...

He sees himself in the heart of all beings and he sees all beings in his heart.  

This is the vision of the Yogi of harmony, 

a vision which is ever one.

~Bhagavad Gita

Everything Happens In Circles

The whole universe is based on rhythms.

Everything happens in circles, in spirals.

- John Hartford

Squaring the Circle

The "squaring of the circle" is one of the many archetypal motifs which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies. But it is distinguished by the fact that it is one of the most important of them from the functional point of view. Indeed, it could even be called the archetype of wholeness.

~from Mandala Symbolism by Carl Jung

Being centered

When we understand, 

we are at the center of the circle, 

and there we sit 

while Yes and No 

chase each other around the circumference.

~Chuang-Tzu

Earth Cannot Escape Heaven

Earth cannot escape heaven,

Flee it by going up,

Or flee it by going down,

Heaven still invades the earth,

Energizes it,

Makes it sacred.

~Meister Eckhart

Changes

"Persons and societies do not submit passively to surroundings and events. They make choices as to the places where they live and the activities in which they engage -- choices based on what they want to be, to do and to become. Furthermore, persons and societies often change their goals and ways; they can even retrace their steps and start in a new direction if they believe they are on a wrong course."

~Rene Dubos

Listen to me carefully

“Listen to me carefully,” I commanded. I walked him through it once again “Where you feel holding, let go. Where you sense strain, be easy. Where you are moved to push, hold back. When you find something that feels open and easy, stay there and breathe into it. "

~from Diary of the Lady Beloved by Grace Gibson

Why Religion?

Religion means "to bind back." Its purpose is to turn us back into ourselves, to the well inside from which we are endlessly creative. God is a well that does not run dry. Religion is the process by which we constantly check in with God, as a child checks in with her mother. Once she feels secure, she is free to roam and wander. So do we need the constant reassurance that we are loved and protected, guided and watched over. There we have the strength and self-esteem we need to show up fearlessly in a fearful world.

~Marianne Williamson

The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we are ready for it.

~Arnold Glasow

There is no need to run outside
for better seeing,
Not to peer from a window. Rather abide
at the center of your being;
for the more you leave it, the less you learn.

~Lao Tze

Consciousness

Consciousness thus proceeds from the more limited to the more comprehensive, from lesser to greater intensity, from lower to higher dimensions, and each higher dimension includes the lower ones by coordinating its elements in a wider and more intricate structure of relationships. ... Thus the reality of a lower dimension is not devaluated or eliminated by the higher one, but only relativized.

~Lama Anagarika Govinda

Your life is a sacred journey

Your life is a sacred journey. And it is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges at every step along the way..

... so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, Mandala Madness, hosted at shirleytwofeathers.com, and can be found here: Your life is a sacred journey

Blessing Of Light

May the blessing of light be on you,
light without and light within.

May the blessed sun shine on you
and warm your heart till it glows
like a great peat fire,

so that the stranger may come
and warm himself at it,
and also a friend.
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The only sin is limitation.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The life of a man is a self-evolving circle, which, from a ring imperceptibly small, rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles, and that without end.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

All hiding places reveal God.
If you want to escape God,
He runs into your lap.

For,
God is at home.
It is we who have gone out for a walk.

~Meister Eckhart

Power Of The Heart

"I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn."

~Melody Beattie

Being Human

This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival …
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, …
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

~Rumi

Truth

Truth is within ourselves.
There is an inmost center in us all,
Where the truth abides in fullness; and to know
Rather consists in opening out a way
Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape
Than in effecting entry for a light
Supposed to be without.

~Robert Browning