aliveness
notes on what it means to feel fully alive in the present moment, and to live from that place in perpetuity
aliveness
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
shame is the aliveness killer
Fun Pilgrim • Tweet
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."
- Alan Watts
- Alan Watts
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“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey.”
—Wendell Berry
—Wendell Berry
Steve Schlafman 🐌 • Tweet
“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”... See more
A quote from The Power of Myth
Not all questions seek answers, some seek journeys.