
I have realised that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Alan Watts
I have realised that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Alan Watts
Spirituality is a mode that is far beyond the machinations and imaginations of the rational mind… we can only reach this type of spirituality by suspending our everyday thinking.
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the entire universe.
Carl Sagan
Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear’s path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Paul Atreides – Bene Gesserit litany
(Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965)
Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.
Shai-hulud, Old Father Eternity
(Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965)
The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
(Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965)
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde
The light of the soul is bright, but dense clouds of human ignorance obscure it.
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
The insanity of modern life is time.
Bruce Frantzis, The Tao of Letting Go