December 2009
69 posts
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the...”
– Buddha (via oceanofmind)
B.E.T.T.E.R. An Acronym For Feeling Good
oceanofmind:
Be grateful for what you have Enjoy this present moment Touch base with someone you love Turn within and enjoy the silence Experience something new Realize that you are loved always
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“You will only get back what you give out.”
– Joe Coyhis, STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE
The Great Spirit created a system of balance and justice. This law says, if you treat others with respect, you will be treated with respect. If you gossip about no one, no one will gossip about you. If you are...
“Peace is not something you fight for
With bombs and missiles that kill
Nor can...”
– Bindiya Gandhi (via intrepidwanderer)
New Years Resolutions
oceanofmind:
I’m going to trust that focusing on the internal vibration of feeling good instead of any external things, people or situations will bring what’s truly best for me.
I’m going to trust that even if I think that many things seem to be going wrong, that maybe for the first time I’m actually feeling what it feels like for things to go “right”.
I’m going to trust that the ideas I...
“Don’t disregard your life. It is too precious. This moment, right now, is the...”
– Pat Phelan (from Whiskey River) (via crashinglybeautiful) (via adieliz) (via oceanofmind)
“Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching...”
– Haruki Murakami (via oceanofmind)
“Twelve Rules for being Human
1. You will receive a body.
You may like it or...”
– (via oceanofmind)
The Waking Life
"Life is not a dream. Beware. And beware. And be ware. And so many think because Then happened, Now isn't. But didn't I mention the ongoing "wow" is happening right now? We are all co-authors of this dancing exuberance where even our inabilities are having a roast. We are the authors of ourselves, co-authoring a gigantic Dostoevsky novel, starring clowns. This entire thing we're involved with called the world, is an opportunity to exhibit how exciting alienation can be. Life is a matter of a miracle that is collected over time by moments, flabbergasted to be in each other's presence. The world is an exam to see if we can rise into direct experience. Our eyesight is here as a test to see if we can see beyond it. Matter is here as a test for our curiosity. Doubt is here as an exam for our vitality. Thomas Mann wrote that he would rather participate in life than write 100 stories. Giacometti was once run down by a car, and he recalled falling into a lucid faint, a sudden exhilaration, as he realized that at last something was happening to him. An assumption develops that you cannot understand life and live life simultaneously. I do not agree entirely. Which is to say I do not exactly disagree. I would say that life understood is life lived. But the paradoxes bug me, and I can learn to love and make love to the paradoxes that bug me. And on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion. Before you drift off, don't forget. Which is to say, remember. Because remembering is so much more a psychotic activity than forgetting. Lorca, in that same poem said that the iguana will bite those who do not dream. And as one realizes that one is a dream figure in another person's dream, that is self awareness." - Timothy "Speed" Levitch
http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_%22Speed%22_Levitch
“Promise me,
promise me this day,
promise me now,
while the sun is overhead...”
– recommendation - thich nhat hanh - 1965 (via oceanofmind)
“… Down deep in every human heart there is mercy and generosity. No one is born...”
– Nelson Mandela from the documentary; Madiba: The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela (via alinasmith) (via stewf) (via crashinglybeautiful)
So I'm only gonna say this once, but it's been
well damn said juice. thank you.
poortaste:
drinkyourjuice:
on my mind a bit since everyone’s been talking about it. And I get it, it’s almost Christmas time and all of those “best of 09” and “best of the decade” lists are coming out and you’re most likely looking at yourself and saying “Hey, this is not ideal. There are some things I wish were different,” and I get that — truly — but you...
“If the climate was a bank they would already have saved it.”
– The best line delivered so far in Copenhagen, concerning the U.S.’s commitment to meaningful action. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing standup comedian Hugo Chavez!(via chrislindsay) (via poortaste)
"Live In Your Power" by Paul Hoffman
The activity of your mind is a powerful thing. It can bring light to your day, joy to your soul, create relationships that are nurturing and awaken you to the passionate purpose in your heart. It can open you up to Live In Your Power each day guiding you on your journey as you seek those things that bring you the success you desire. It can also bring chaos to your day if what you put into it is...
“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It...”
– George Carlin (via liquidnight) (via crashinglybeautiful)
measart:
via align:
home- edward sharpe &...
“Last night, your lost memories crept into my heart
as spring arrives secretly...”
– Faiz Ahmed Faiz (via aclockwithouthands)
aclockwithouthands:
DEMON HOST: TIMBER TIMBRE
Men are reluctant to accept what is easy to grasp.
crashinglybeautiful:
“Men are reluctant to accept what is easy to grasp. Out of a perversity deeper than all Satan’s wiles, man refuses to acknowledge his own God-given rights: he demands deliverance or salvation by and though an intermediary; he seeks guides, counselors, leaders, systems, rituals. He looks for solutions which are in his own breast. He puts learning above wisdom, power above...
The Things to do are:
crashinglybeautiful:
uncertaintimes:
The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done. Then you will conceive your own way of doing that which needs to be done — that no one else has told you to do or how to do it. This will bring out the real you that often gets buried inside a character that has acquired a...
““Here is a very powerful insight: see EVERYTHING that happens in your life as...”
– Mastin Kipp (via oceanofmind)