To the revolutionary mind
To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan’s first view of China – so rich, so soft, so unaware. Garet Garrett
Mind
To write good SF
To write good SF today…you must push further and harder, reach deeper into your own mind until you break through into the strange and terrible country wherein live your own dreams. Gardner Dozois
Love is the only
Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind Garchen Rinpoche
Trusting yourself is realizing
Trusting yourself is realizing yourself. Trusting life is realizing yourself as life. This is an invitation to our thinking minds to open in trust. We can trust that there is a knowing that is out of the realm of thoughts or emotions or circumstances. When we deeply trust, our minds open to discover what is … Read more
The secret gem of
The secret gem of truth has been hidden in the core of your own heart all along. My invitation is to stop all movement of your mind away from truth so that you can discover directly, for yourself, this jewel that is alive within you. Gangaji
Self is not liberated.
Self is not liberated. It was never bound. What gets liberated are the demons as well as gods of your mind. Set them free. You are sick of playing with the game. Be willing to not play the game. This takes huge resolve. Gangaji
When all mental activity
When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of the mind. I invite you to enter through that crack. Come in through that opening. When you do, the mind is no longer filled … Read more
Be still. it takes
Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself. … Read more
Do not follow after
Do not follow after the past; do not go forward to meet the future. Instead, just rest the mind naturally in the present awareness. Gampopa
Never mind. The self
Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love. Galway Kinnell