July 2010
STOP BEING SO RELIGIOUS
What Do sad people have in Common?
It seems They have all built a shrine To the past
And often go there And do a strange wail and Worship.
What is the beginning of Happiness?
It is to stop being So religious
Like
That.
You see, I want a lot.
Perhaps I want everything: the darkness that comes with every infinite fall and the shivering blaze of every step up.
So many live on and want nothing and are raised to the rank of prince by the slippery ease of their light judgments.
But what you love to see are faces that so work and feel thirst….
You have not grown old and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths...
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Frank Herbert
Accept everything about yourself - I mean...
Psalm 15
Lord, who can be trusted with power, and who may act in your place? Those with a passion for justice, who speak the truth from their hearts; who have let go of selfish interests and grown beyond their own lives; who see the wretched as their family and the poor as their flesh and blood. They alone are impartial and worthy of the people’s trust. Their compassion lights up the whole...
“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention,...”
– Mary Oliver, That Summer Day
Random Ramblings
Difficult times have helped me to understand, better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. And for that I am grateful.
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for...”
– Dalai Lama
“The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a...”
– Aldous Huxley
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel and...
You Reading This, Be Ready
Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Are you waiting for time to show you some better thoughts? When you turn around, starting here, lift this ...
“I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
I want to free what waits...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
“Our life is frittered away by detail…simplify, simplify, simplify! Simplicity of...”
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Where I Lived and What I Lived For
If you don’t say and do the honest thing, it never...
No matter who does or doesn’t like it, you have the right to live your truth. God put you here to seek your happiness, share your spirit and grow in love and it is your duty to do so.
“The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.”
– Ram Dass
Who You Are and Who You Choose To Be
“I want to tell you, My dearest children, that this matter of Who You Are, and Who You Choose To Be, is of great importance. Not only because it sets the tone of your experience, but because it creates the nature of Mine.
All of your life you have been told that God created you. I come now to tell you this: You are creating God. That is a massive rearrangement of your understanding, I know,...
“If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day,...”
There’s a wind behind every one of us that pushes...
Without fear. Without question.
“Nobody escapes being wounded. We all are wounded people, whether physically,...”
– Henri Nouwen
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to...”
– Buddha
There are years that ask questions and years that...
And 7 months in, I’m still trying to determine which 2010 is for me.
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't...
Did it ever occur to you that you’re so caught up...
