May 2012
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misterchu:
I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.
-Saul Bellow
Mister Chu:
I think I have repeated this before, but I need to keep saying it aloud and often (to myself as...
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Think of the world as a big glass of water with...
theshitmaker:
-Jerry Zucker
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“There is no God. But there is you. And you ARE. You ARE. You are the very God...”
– Ramana Maharshi (via lucifelle)
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“Change is never painful; Only resistance to change is painful.”
– Buddha (via lucifelle)
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“The dust we tread upon was once alive.”
– Lord Byron, Sardanapalus (via heartmindawakening)
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Jesse Jackson: We Must Choose Nonviolence →
Terror haunts the streets of our cities. Since 2008, more than 530 young people have been killed in Chicago. Almost four-fifths of these killings were in 22 African-American and Latino community areas on the city’s South and Southwest sides.
Each year, across the country, about 7,000 African Americans are murdered, more than nine times out of 10 by other African Americans. Far more African...
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“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to...”
– Epicurus (via moreofamore)
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“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp,...”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne (via lucifelle)
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“Dylan Evans on the risk intelligence
[Risk intelligence] “it is the ability to...”
– Dylan Evans, British academic and author, visiting professor of psychology at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He has a PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics, The man who gave us risk intelligence, New Scientist, 21 May 2012. (via amiquote)
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“If one seeks to maintain the clarity of a spiritual life,
it is best to...”
– Gautama the Buddha (via lucifelle)
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“They must change often, who would be constant in happiness.”
– Confucius (via lucifelle)
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“Earth, isn’t this what you want? To arise in us, invisible?
Is it not your...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via lucifelle)
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“Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. The secret...”
– Nisargadatta Maharaj (via yourthinkingprocesses)
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“What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.”
– Hecato, Greek philosopher (via heartmindawakening)
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“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
– C. S. Lewis (via thereluctantrawfoodist)
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“ “On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than...”
– Douglas Adams, English writer and dramatist (1952-2001), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Pan Books, 1979, Chapter 23 (via amiquote)
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“If you know yourself, then you’ll not be harmed by what is said about you.”
– Arab Proverb (via elige)
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“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for...”
– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (via heartmindawakening)
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“Your DNA structure is designed so the choice to function in love is the only...”
– Sara Paddison, The Hidden Power of the Heart (via moreofamore)
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has anyone seen this latest milk propaganda? →
aalisvolatpropriiss:
sproutedgrains:
xvxavier:
houseofangryhippies:
thatveganguy:
alpinerecreation:
i wanna puke everywhere
remember kids science is evil
vegans are evil
and only the good lord jesus christ will save you with puss and blood filled cancerous animal secretions
Wow, just…wow.
None of those ingredients are bad for you. I don’t understand their angle here. I wonder if...
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psych-facts: 8 Positive Benefits of Smiling →
onlinecounsellingcollege:
1. It makes us seem trustworthy: We generally interpret a genuine smile to mean that this is someone who is honest and trustworthy. Those who smile are rated higher in generosity, in extraversion and in friendliness
2. If you smile when you get caught…
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“We must begin by frankly admitting that the first place in which to go looking...”
– Thomas Merton (via moreofamore)
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“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is...”
– Marianne Williamson (via moreofamore)
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“Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we...”
– Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses (via danseurs)
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“Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn’t see their...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via lucifelle)
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“You cannot transform yourself…All you can do is create a space for...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via lucifelle)
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Open Thread: In a Low-Tech, Post-Apocalyptic World...
technoccult:
I asked this on Twitter last night, but thought it would make a good cross-platform discussion:
What would you want your job to be in a low-tech post-apocalypse?
I think I’d go with “messenger.” I don’t have a lot of practical skills, but I can run long distances and convey information. I haven’t read David Brin’s The Postman, but I think starting a postal service would be up my...
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“The body breaks, things change, life ends. Only when impermanence is fully...”
– Bonnie Myotai Treace, Sensei (via wordslessspoken)
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“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.”
– John Steinbeck (via fragilewaif)
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“Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded...”
– The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com (via ohyeahbuddhism)
Relevant to all
(via mysteriouslives)
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“One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you...”
– Steve Maraboli (via creatingaquietmind) 