He experimented further. In one class he had everyone write all hour about the back of his thumb. Everyone gave him funny looks at the beginning of the hour, but everyone did it, and there wasn't a single complaint about "nothing to say. [more]"
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig
The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss.
Proverb - Cited by Idries Shah - Caravan of dreams
They always told me when I was young, "just wait and you'll see." Now I am old and see nothing. It's wonderful.
When you know how to listen everybody is the guru.
Baba Ram Dass
The eyelids have opened, and the eyes are now returning the world's gaze.
Anita Albus - The Art of Arts: Rediscovering Painting
The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Aart Van Der Leeuw
Beauty is itself a cure for psychological malaise.
James Hillman | The soul's code.
A zen master says:
Do not strive to seek after the true,
only cease to cherish opinions.
The present is the only thing that has no end.
Abba Poemen said:
Teach your mouth to say that which you have in your heart.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
we learn nothing from the things we know.
