Kristen

“So we won't take ourselves too seriously. Because taking something serious doesn't make it go away any faster. In fact, it keeps making it a little bit worse.”
― Ram Dass, Experiments in Truth

“When you surrender you become a valley; when you are an ego you are like a peak. Ego means you are above everyone else, you are somebody. The others may recognize you, may not recognize you – that is another thing. You recognize that you are above everyone. You are like a peak; nothing can enter you. When one surrenders, one becomes like a valley. One becomes depth, not height. Then the whole existence begins to pour into him from everywhere. He is just a vacuum, just a depth, an abyss, bottomless. The whole existence begins to pour from everywhere. You can say godliness runs from everywhere to him, enters him from every pore, fills him totally. This surrender, this becoming a valley, an abyss, can be felt in many ways. There are minor surrenders; there are major surrenders. Even in minor surrenders you feel it. Surrendering to a master is a minor surrender, but you begin to feel it because the master begins to flow into you immediately. If you surrender to a master, suddenly you feel his energy flowing into you. If you cannot feel energy flowing into you, then know well you have not surrendered even in a minor way. There”
― Osho, The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within

“If we had more time, I would say over and over again: you deserve to like what you see when you look at yourself. You deserve words — their sanctuary and their release.”
― Priscilla Thomas, Gathering

“Stubbornly, weeds through concrete, my writing has survived. It has clung to me, winding sturdy vines around me. With tending, it bursts into bloom, flourishing under the attention. I realize that I cannot pluck it out any more than I could unseat my beating heart. All I can do is nourish it. Collect it. Gather it, unflinchingly, in my arms.”
― Priscilla Thomas, Gathering