We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha Show more
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. — Herman Hesse, Siddhartha Show more
Just as a potter's wheel, once it has been set in motion, will keep on turning for a long time and only slowly lose its vigour and come to a stop, thus Siddhartha's soul had kept on turning the wheel of asceticism, the wheel of thinking, the wheel of differentiation for a long time, still turning, but it turned slowly and hesitantly and was close t
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In the first journey, when we are still using the power drive, we need to use effort, we need to struggle, we need to discipline ourselves.
A. H. Almaas • Spacecruiser Inquiry: True Guidance for the Inner Journey (Diamond Body Series Book 1)
for real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
The reason that life’s events seem to many people to be in the way is that many people have no idea where they’re going. They do not know that on the path they were intended to take, there are no obstacles.
Neale Donald Walsch • The Only Thing That Matters (Conversations With Humanity Book 2)
“A knowledge of the path cannot be substituted for putting one foot in front of the other.”
M. C. Richards
M. C. Richards
Walking one foot in front of the other, in the same direction, will always get you further than running around in circles. It’s about the determination to keep walking forward.