aliveness
notes on what it means to feel fully alive in the present moment, and to live from that place in perpetuity
aliveness
The more defensive you are about a belief you have, the more likely that that belief is standing in the way of your freedom.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
Wisdom lies between the words, behind the concepts. It’s older than the mind. It may be reached through the mind, like sunlight through a prism, but it doesn’t attach itself anywhere. It emerges spontaneously, right from the heart of creation. Wisdom is alive.
The 64 Ways, Richard Rudd
Gene Key 48 – Wisdom
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way to peace, peace is the way. There is no way to enlightenment, enlightenment is the way.
Thich Nhat Hanh
frightening how many of our wounds come from trying to be less than we are
-river kenna
You see, I want a lot.
Maybe I want it all:
the darkness of each endless fall,
the shimmering light of each ascent.
So many are alive who don't seem to care.
Casual, easy, they move in the world
as though untouched.
But you take pleasure in the faces
of those who know they thirst.
You cherish those
who grip you for survival.
You are not dead yet, it's not too
... See more“You can do it like it’s a great weight on you, or you can do it like it’s part of the dance.”
—Ram Dass
Somewhere along the way, you realize that no one will teach you how to live your own life — not your parents or your idols, not the philosophers or the poets, not your liberal arts education or your twelve-step program, not church or therapy or Tolstoy. No matter how valuable any of that guidance, how pertinent any of that wisdom, in the end you di... See more