“I am making a path of breadcrumbs back to one’s true divine and peaceful nature. Every historic period needs some breadcrumb-makers. It is difficult for some to hear the voices of the Divine Spirit. This may be because some are so invested in material things. I understand. I feel a deep compassion for these human beings. Material things are a temporary relief from pain. ~ Kuan Yin”
― Kuan Yin Buddhism: Parables, Visitations and Teachings
― Kuan Yin Buddhism: Parables, Visitations and Teachings
“I am still in the labyrinth, and I must be willing to get lost before I am saved. It is only when I abandon myself that I am saved.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume 4 1944-1947
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume 4 1944-1947
“I would not be concerned with the secrets, the lies, the mysteries, the facts. I would be concerned with what makes them necessary. What fear.”
― The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 1 1931-1934
― The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 1 1931-1934
“Love the great narcotic was the revealer in the alchemist's bottle rendering visible the most untraceable substances.
Love the great narcotic was the agent provocateur exposing all the secret selves to daylight.”
― The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel
Love the great narcotic was the agent provocateur exposing all the secret selves to daylight.”
― The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel
“You are really strong. I like even your deceit, your treachery. It seems aristocratic to me.”
― A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
― A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
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