footsore spiritual journey

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Oh, then I came across this little gem. Be still Daniel. Be still.

Spring comes late in Wyoming. We just climbed out from the 30s, birds just starting to nest, gardens getting planted. And having one of those bleak days that creep in from time to time, I grabbed my Everyday Zen book and headed to the park. And apparently this baby had just flowered. Man, I needed that so bad. I heard it said once that just when it seems the Sun will never shine again, life comes back. And so it is.

sprngl:

Your life does not get better by chance.

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“The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there”

- Yasutani Roshi

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“The secret of happiness lies in the mind’s release from worldly ties.”

-my meditation tonight

So I’m talking to my six year old about crossing the street, And we’re standing at a “busy” street corner in Cheyenne.

“What does the red hand mean?”

“Don’t go”

“Good. And now, the light up person?”

“HUMAN”. 

Yep, she nailed it. Human!

“The human species is made up of seven billion subspecies each consisting of one specimen.”

~Robert Brault

Thich Nhat Hanh (via thelittle)

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

-awesome meditation topic tonight

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But most of the time we have an illusion that life over there is presenting us with a problem over here. The seamless unity is split (or seems to be). And so we have a life harried by questions: “Who am I? What is life? How can I fix it so I can feel better?” We seem surrounded by people and events that we must control and fix because we feel separate. When we begin to analyze life, think about it, fuss and worry about it, try to be one with it, we get into all sorts of artificial solutions—when the fact of the matter is that from the very beginning, there is nothing that needs to be solved. But we can’t see this perfect unity because our separateness veils it from us. Our life is perfect? No one believes that!

-Beck

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“The world is ruled by letting things take their course.”

- Lao-Tzu

pic, nationalgeographic.com  (of course)

“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.”

-Robert H. Schuller