Dave Hood

“Awakening as a moment of now

Awakening as an experience
Awakening as a moment
that is the same - today, yesterday or tomorrow

Awakening of a Hinduist, of a Buddhist, of a Christian
of a believer or a nonbeliever

Awakening that lives within every single cell

Awakening within no qualities
as emptiness of Consciousness
as direct contact
with love and light and life
experienced
with every breath

Awakening as resting within true nature
as acting from the true nature
as Remembering

Awakening as opening
to the possibility of Now”
― Natasa Pantovic Nuit, Art of 4 Elements

“Its hard to die. Harder to live”
― Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion

“Zen is less the study of doctrine than a set of tools for discovering what can be known when the world is looked at with open eyes.”
― Jane Hirshfield, The Heart of Haiku

“Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?”
― Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything