Reminders for myself
Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “ You become what you think about all day long.”
Mary Oliver said: “Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
Grace Capobianco • What We Talk About When We Talk About God
“Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.”
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Iris Murdoch
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Iris Murdoch
A quote from Existentialists and Mystics
Around here I paused to explain this current piece to my wife, and she in turn paused to think about the navigation thing for a while before she agreed. I found myself referencing some events in our personal life and I was slightly surprised (in the ‘huh, oh... oh yeahhh’ sense ) where it led: the idea that you only get to the deepest heart of... See more
one more turn...
“When word and silence are separated, the driveshaft grinds to a halt, and this deepening process is suspended. Severed from its nurturing ground in contemplative silence, word tends to become unduly analytical, linear, and dialectical. A vicious circle is set in motion. The farther one strays from the wellsprings of spiritual awareness and the
... See moreI’m beginning to realize the start of all intimacy and true understanding is when you say what you really mean.
valley of things unsaid
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama