“Watch the clouds. They will teach you about the world of form.” Eckhart Tolle
Clouds in My Coffee
Category: Abstract
The Game of Life
“For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.” T.S. Eliot
What is Reality?
“What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.” Dōgen
The Battle of Hope and Fear
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called Without Hope which confused a lot of people, I hope this clears it up.
“Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can’t simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.” Pema Chodron
And to simplify: “Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?” Lao Tzu
The Mirror of Your Mind
“In the mirror of your mind all kinds of pictures appear and disappear. Know that they are entirely your own creations, watch them silently come and go. Be alert, but not perturbed. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.” Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The Meaning of Sunday
“Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.” Nikos Kazantzakis
Things to Come
“It’s not what they built. It’s what they knocked down. It’s not the houses. It’s the spaces between the houses. It’s not the streets that exist. It’s the streets that no longer exist.” James Fenton
The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
“90% of every art form is garbage. Focus on the 10% that’s good, suck it up, and drive on.” Patton Oswalt
Go Speed Racer Go!
“The vehicle screeched away. A pair of black tire-tracks scorched the asphalt in its wake, as if the ground had sprouted its own set of horns.” The Wake Up, Angela Panayotopulos
Vertically Challenged
“In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.” Pio of Pietrelcina
