Keep the balance true
And do not change. Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple and ordinary; animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true. – Rilke
The secret of human freedom
The secret of human freedom is to act well, without attachment to the results. – From the Bhagavad Gita
Become a child
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child. – Dogen
The rapture of being alive
People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life… I think that what we’re really seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost being and reality, so that we can actually feel the rapture of being alive….
Beauty is not caused
Beauty is not caused, – it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides… – Emily Dickinson
Only two mistakes
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: Not going all the way, and Not starting. -Buddha
Prayer vs meditation
Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. – Ambrose
One in knowledge
The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God, as if He stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge. – Meister Eckhart