Monthly Archives: December 2015

A beautiful day of views

Black Crow flies over •
A golden December field •
Late afternoon sun. Continue reading

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Being in the World — Pico Iyer

Talking of how you are a Buddhist and therefore opposed to the Judeo-Christian teaching is like solemnly asserting that your right nostril is the source of everything good, and your left nostril a place of evil. Continue reading

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Also From the Quote Box

Life and Reality are not things you can have for yourself unless you accord them to all others. — Alan Watts

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For the quote box

To be an artist it is necessary to live with our eyes wide open, to breathe in the colors of the mountain and sky, to know the sound of leaves rustling, the smell of snow, the texture of bark. It … Continue reading

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Fear – From the Quote Box

I must not fear. • 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 I will turn the inner eye to see its path. • Where the fear has gone there will be nothing….only I will remain. Liturgy of Fear — Frank Herbert Continue reading

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