May 2013
97 posts
“If you think you have got it, or arrived at some final state, then it is...”
– Unmani Liza Hyde (via oceanandwave)
“The Sun rises and sets in the sky that it never calls ‘sky’. What never...”
– Jeff Foster (via oceanandwave)
The need for stimulation is a manifestation of restlessness. Boredom means being discontent with the simplicity of peace. Let your boredom suffocate itself.
When you feel bored, don’t act from a place of boredom. Don’t seek to entertain yourself or distract yourself from the feeling of boredom. Instead, allow it to be there and to intensify. If you practice daily meditation, then this will...
“Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose.”
– Bob Proctor (via unconditionedconsciousness)
“My favorite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.”
– John Cage (via ashramof1)
“Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.”
– Rumi via inheavenalliswell)
dulcetdecember:
As much as I hate studying, there’s something nice about being able to curl up with a book and some relaxing music and just ENLIGHTEN yourself
“When your skin feels as comfortable as your favorite sweatpants, you’re ready.”
“Life is way too short to spend another day at war with yourself.”
– Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
“i’m loveable. loving. and loved.”
“You don’t have to let go of anything. You have to realize that everything has...”
– Lazy Yogi (via lazyyogi)
“It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in...”
– Byron Katie (via novemberisms)
“Die to the past every moment. You don’t need it. Only refer to it when it is...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via elige)
“Reality is always kinder than your thinking.”
– Byron Katie (via ashramof1)
“The key is this: Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start...”
– Max Lucado (via the-healing-nest)
“Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane,...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via ashramof1)
“Contemplate the images in your mind. Is that what really happened? Is that what...”
everfailedtryagain:
overcome with this feeling that I Am Enough
warm tea and blanket environment
How?
1. NO judgement of how far I’ve come or how much I should have done, or if I had only done this, this, and this over the semester I wouldn’t be so stressed right now
2. put away the phone. its okay not to be social for one day. its okay to live in your little bubble of warm tea and blanket studying
3. deep breaths
4. you’ll do the best you can
“To have genuine sincerity is absolutely necessary in the spiritual life....”
– Adyashanti (via astraeia)
“Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come...”
– Śrī Swāmī Rāma (via universeobserver)
“A liminal space, the place of transition, waiting, and not knowing is…a unique...”
– how i love it when my papers for my english class on the enlightenment are about my spiritual path
“They should teach self-love in school.”
– 6-Word Story #94
Hell yeah they should! (via the-healing-nest)
“The more you realise that you are openness, the more your physical body realises...”
– Adyashanti (via ecstaticallyinspired)
“From Drama to Dharma”
“The right people will love you for your quirkiness. The wrong ones will do you a...”
zentaoistchristian:
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God - Saint Teresa of Avila
“If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God spare me from the desire for love,...”
– Byron Katie (via yoginitara)
“The true vocation of man is to find his way to himself.”
– Hermann Hesse (via zenhumanism)
L I M I N A L I T Y
good morning god.
Giving my sadness over to you this morning. Knowing and remembering that just because I take care of myself doesn’t mean I won’t have feelings. Giving you my awareness of how uncomfortable I am with changing my mind. Today I will be willing to see other people in transition, in flux, in openness. In their beautiful, radiant, imperfect, human, L I M I N A L I T Y.
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““can the obstacle bring you to your center. Can you have patience and let...”
– Rainy Day Upper West Side Yoga Wisdom
“And the heart, unscrolled,
is comforted by such small things:
a cup of green...”
– Jane Hirschfield, from “Recalling a Sung Dynasty Landscape” (via proustitute)
“Yoga is not about self-improvement, it’s about self-acceptance.”
– Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa (via sarahbethyoga)
“There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via cosmic-koz)
Gratitude
rainy reading week days. iced vanilla coffee. daddy. rainy mood. zoe. sushi. favorite study outfit. fresh face. soft hair. spotify playlists. noco. comfortable chairs. living in the liminal space. living in the temporary and not feeling temporary about myself.
“Love is the whole thing.
We are only pieces.”
– Rumi (via dulcetdecember) 