Dalai Lama
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” ~Dalai Lama
Steve Jobs
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow [...]
Hans Hofmann
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. – Hans Hofmann
Leonard Cohen
Ring the bells that can still ring, Forget your perfect offering, There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in. ~Leonard Cohen
Marianne Williamson
Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. [...]
Stuart Mooney, Jr.
Now, we think, “It is my drama”. “It is happening to me personally”. In Enlightenment, the function of the brain shifts and we experience ourseves as “separate” from the drama. Then we are free from its binding influence. In Enlightenment, the drama is just happening to itself. It is no longer personal. And there is no longer [...]
Tracy Chapman
“At this point in my life I’d like to live as if only love mattered.” Tracy Chapman
A Course in Miracles
“The Holy Spirit teaches thus: There is no hell. Hell is only what the ego has made of the present.” A Course in Miracles, CH 15 “The Purpose of Time” Sec I, II 8. http://www.jcim.net
Christopher Robin
“Promise me you will always remember: You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” Christopher Robin to Pooh
Lao-tzu
When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. – Lao-tzu
On June 25, 2008, my 13-year-old son and I boarded a plane for Honolulu, Hawaii. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to live on an island. There is something in my life that I did NOT wish for. I am experiencing cancer for the third time.