On association…
Whenever we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
~ John Muir ~
Life
On Contemplation
Better than a hundred years lived in ignorance,
without contemplation,
is one single day of life
lived in wisdom and in deep contemplation.
~ Dhammapada ~
Origins..
If the Big Bang was the start of the universe, if that event created all that exists in this vast cosmos and what we have and experience today, what was before that event? What was before that event that caused that Big Bang to occur? Something must have triggered it. Some cause must have lead [...]
Life and Belief
In order to live, man must believe in that for which he lives.
~ Huston Smith ~
On long life..
Why do people want to live longer? Would you want to live longer? Would you want to live longer so you can indulge in the finer things that life has to offer, or so you can help others find happiness and help them diffuse their suffering?
Do you want to live longer for you? Or for [...]
On the effects of what you say..
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
~ Buddha ~
At the end if the day…
At the end of the day, I have to ask myself… was I a better person and did I did I do more of what was needed than yesterday?
I think therefore I am
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
~ Buddha ~
On the self..
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
~ Dogen ~
Silence and Surrender
To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders
~ Unknown ~