sometimes on a greyhound
A life without love is a waste. “Should I look for spiritual love, or material, or physical love?”, don’t ask yourself this question. Discrimination leads to discrimination. Love doesn’t need any name, category or definition. Love is a world itself. Either you are in, at the center…either you are out, yearning.
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~ Shams
to learn to trust
we must be trustworthy.
trust is a choice.
not an easy choice.
but the best choice.
trust is not naive
trust is
brutal
reckless
ruthless
courageous
strong
brave
trust takes the teeth out of insanity
trust allows us to make good choices
trust gives us the ability to know wisdom
trust opens the door to love
trust brings healing to our lives
trust is a gift
that must start with yourself
just trust yourself a little bit
learn to be trustworthy to your soul
soon you will be able to give some to others
then, maybe, even the world
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AL
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. The one who looks outside, dreams; the one who looks inside, awakens.
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-Carl Jung
I want to both awaken and dream, to see all that is in my heart (and yes, that means the dark gunky stuff as well as the wonderful shiny stuff) and see the world in a way that helps me contribute to dreams of sustainable peace and justice. And here it is- the gift of another day to begin again.
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– Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The surface is always blank.
The real, submerged.
Look down into that sky,
where beneath a vague cloud flashes,
—is it above or below?—
created, given, waiting.
There is another way,
another side of your little boat.
Beneath your dreary, fruitless nights
something graced awaits,
abundance exceeding your capacity, blessing
at which you laugh in wonder and fright,
a gift that bears you to the breaking point,
a net swelled with light and glory,
and not by luck, but given in love: a presence,
a companionship you hadn’t recognized.
Heaven is offered, hearts are restored
in something as simple as a broiled fish, shared.
But first you learn a new way,
another side, the unrecognized friend.
And then, after the gift, the revelation,
you learn a new way, another side.
The Mystery doesn’t leave you.
It leads.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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