Favorite Quotes:

Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
~ A course in Miracles

"...Thus, according to Buddhist philosophy, reality must be grasped in this world and
by this world, for it is that "Beyond which is also Within". The Lanka compares it to
the moon in water or a flower in a mirror. It is within and yet outside, it is outside and
yet within. This aspect of reality is described as "unobtainable" or "unattainable"
(anupalabdha). And just because it is unobtainable in a world of particulars, the latter
from the point of view of reality is like a dream, like a mirage, and so on. The subtlest
relation of reality to the world is beyond description, it yields its secrets only to him
who has actually realised it in himself by means of noble wisdom (aryajnana or prajna).
This realisation is also a kind of knowledge though different from what is generally
known by this name."
~ Lankavatara Sutra


Two come about because of One
but don't cling to the One either!
So long as the mind does not stir
the ten thousand things stay blameless;
no blame, no phenomena,
no stirring, no mind.

The viewer disappears along with the scene,
the scene follows the viewer into oblivion,
for scene becomes scene only through the viewer,
viewer becomes viewer because of the scene.
       
-    Seng-ts'an,  600
Hsin-Hsin-Ming: Inscription on Trust in the Mind
Translated by Burton Watson
Found in Entering the Stream, p. 149
Edited by Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chodzin Kohn





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Imagine all the world to be, … just energy
Imagine you and all around, all energy
The animals, the flowers, the trees, energy
The planets, stars and galaxies, energy
The grass, the stones and minerals, energy
Imagine all the world around ...
pure energy  
Imagine now, this energy ...
like waves of water in a pool
And imagine lying in that pool
feeling all this energy
being all this energy
Being one with the energy
One with all that is
Imagine  
Imagine all the world around ... pure light
And imagine this light to be love,
Feel it running through you
Feel it filling you up …
Feel the joy, the happiness, …
Feel the pure love flowing
Feel your Self  


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When we are unhappy and dissatisfied,
we easily become frustrated and
this leads to feelings of hatred and anger.
~The Dalai Lama

"This is an insane world...."
~A Course In Miracles [T251/271]

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.
Surangama Sutra

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool,
than to speak and remove all doubt.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Make an island of yourself,
make yourself your refuge;
there is no other refuge.
Make truth your island,
make truth your refuge;
there is no other refuge.
~Digha Nikaya, 16

“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
If you realize that you have enough,
you are truly rich.”
~Tao Te Ching

"...guilt is...the sole cause of pain in any form."
~ A Course In Miracles

The fruit of silence is prayer
the fruit of prayer is faith
the fruit of faith is love
the fruit of love is service
the fruit of service is peace.  
~Mother Teresa


Do not speak- unless it improves on silence.
~Buddhist Saying

When you are saying you want to feel good, what you really are saying is you want to feel
God: I want my thoughts to be the same as the source from which I emanated.
~Wayne Dyer

Everyone is on a spiritual path;
Most people just don't know it yet.
~Marianne Williamson

Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is.
In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day,
'one who knows the better way to live alone.'
Bhaddekaratta Sutta
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