One instant is eternity;
eternity is the now.
When you see through this one instant,
you see through the one who sees. – Wu-men
– See more at: http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/03/14/wu-men-one-instant-is-eternity/#sthash.Z8ZpuAom.dpuf
“The Universe is always talking to you, and the true miracles seem to come when you take the time to listen.” – Nikki Gudis
“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
– Deepak Chopra
“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” – Paulo Coehlo
“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
“The divine is your constant companion, and that constant companion has never left your side.” – Panache Desai
“What people call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.” ~Sri Aurobindo
“Let the waters settle, and you will see stars and moon mirrored in your being.” – Rumi
“For 30 years I was looking for God. After that time, when I opened my mind, I found that he was looking for me.” ~ Bastami
“Being (sat) is the sense of giving yourself up to the energies of the world, of the universe, letting go, and letting them carry you.”
“Life in this world is a vast dream, dreamed by a single being.” – Schopenhauer
“We are actually ourselves bringing about what seems to be happening to us.” – Thomas Mann
“All phenomena merely arise from the false notions in the mind,” – Ashvaghosha
“I stood with the pious and I didn’t find any progress with them. I stood with the warriors in the cause and I didn’t find a single step of progress with them. Then I said, ‘O Allah, what is the way to You?’ and Allah said, ‘Leave yourself and come.’” – Bayazid Bastami
“Man has free will to the extent that he knows who he is.” -Alan Watts
“As our minds begin to quiet down, we notice that the thoughts and feelings associated with meaninglessness come and go, and that there exists, in the space between these arisings, a way of being that is not affected by these mind-states. The Soul, we discover, seeks not meaning; its “meaning”, to borrow that Ego-concept, is self-evident.” – Ram Dass
“Remember that your perception of the world is a reflection of your state of consciousness. You are not separate from it, and there is no objective world out there. Every moment, your consciousness creates the world that you inhabit.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
“When you say, ‘I am beautiful,’ you are inviting the beauty in.” – Joel Olsteen.
“The Great Way has no gate; there are a thousand paths to it. If you pass through the barrier, you walk the universe alone.” – Wu-Men
(*As a sidenote, I didn’t know who “Wu-Men” was. Turns out he was a Chinese Zen Master, one of the primary authors of the “Zen Koans.” Man, when I read his “Koans” they just floor me. Here’s a link to one collection, “The Gateless Gate”, and also here’s the webpage where I found this link as well as a nice little bio, plus it looks like it has other resources, including sacred poetry from around the world. http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/W/WuMenHuikai/)
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” – Alduous Huxley
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