I was reminded again today about Thich Nhat Hahn’s lesson that the life we have today emerged from eons of lives and conditions - from a quantum perspective, we are beginningless. And every day, the energy we express into the universe continues in endless ripples in infinite space and time - we are endless.
This was a great piece Andy posted for this week’s Wiki Wednesday — worth reposting here; thanks Andy.
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task, who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauties, nor failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life is an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.
Robert Louis Stevensons
Plain Dealer writer Carolyn Jack interviewed me today for a feature story on local cool-daddy, Thomas Mulready. Responding to her question about what he is like when you get to know him, I said you discover he has a good heart.
Sri Nisargadatta says: The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it. This week’s Wiki Wednesday question is: What does it mean to live with a good heart?
Thich Nhat Hahn tells stories of how refugees at the end of the Vietnam war set out for safety through treacherous and desperate journeys in boats. “If there was just one calm person in the boat,” he said, “it would mean the difference between life and death for everyone on board.”
From Silence by Christina Feldman
True freedom is being without anxiety about imperfection. Seng-Tsan
The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side. This is true whether meditation is doing one’s craft, walking, sitting, or cleaning.
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English
If you’re surrounded by growth models, you’re going to grow.
June Holly in yesterday’s conversation on local economic growth and the new sciences. See G’s wiki notes from it.
Zen teacher Sunryu Suzuki would like to ask the question: What is your deepest desire? The question implies, if your whole life were based on one single wish, what would that wish be?
In her new book, The Faith Of A Writer, Joyce Carol Oates gives this to young writers: Write your heart out. Never be ashamed of your subject, and of your passion for your subject. juxtapose this with Zen teacher Ed Brown’s admonition to Be yourself fully.
This week’s Wiki Wednesday question is: What does it mean to be ourselves fully, unashamed, and passionate about who we are?
