“Tree
It is foolish
to let a young redwood
grow next to a house.
Even in this
one lifetime,
you will have to choose.
That great calm being,
this clutter of soup pots and books--
Already the first branch-tips brush at the window.
Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.”
―
It is foolish
to let a young redwood
grow next to a house.
Even in this
one lifetime,
you will have to choose.
That great calm being,
this clutter of soup pots and books--
Already the first branch-tips brush at the window.
Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.”
―
“we mistakenly spend our experience trying to get something instead of simply receiving that which is already and eternally given.”
― The Presence Process - A Journey Into Present Moment Awareness
― The Presence Process - A Journey Into Present Moment Awareness
“You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.”
― The Lives of the Heart
― The Lives of the Heart
“All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is;”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
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