“And as the imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.”
— Theseus, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (c 1595), Act V Scene 1, Shakespeare
“Nothing we acquire in life in terms of knowledge, objects, activities or relationships adds anything to our essential nature; nothing we lose takes anything away from it.”
— Rupert Spira, Being Myself, 2021
He who sees the infinite in all things sees God. He who sees the ratio only sees himself.
William Blake (1757 – 1827), There is no natural religion, 1788
[ “Blake interprets the rise of Urizen (intellect) to the fore of consciousness as the main cause of the loss of “The Divine Vision”, or the vision of the infinite in all things. This vision is the ability to perceive God, or the ground of existence, in everything and everywhere. As a result of the loss of this vision, the intellect that now dominates perception sees only the ratio between things” – Mark S Ferrara, Ch’an Buddhism and the prophetic poems of William Blake, Journal of Chinese Philosophy vol 24 1977 ]
He who knows but a single mote of dust knows the whole world.
Eihei Dogen (1200 – 1253), Shobogenzo
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1921
That which is aware of sadness is not sad. That which is aware of fear is not fearful.
Sam Harris, philosopher and neuroscientist
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
McCartney/Lennon 1970
What we call the beginning is often the end
T S Eliot, Little Gidding
And to make an end is to make a beginning
In my beginning is my end
T S Eliot, East Coker
Mandala Vihara 