“Iola Pond” - A place I once lived
Weekly Tao Te Ching
CHAPTER (31)
The Tao does not do battle. When it acts, it acts powerfully, quickly, and returns to its natural place of peace and rest.
A follower of the Tao esteems tranquility and rest, and takes swift and powerful action only when necessary.
One who values action above all does great damage and will never find true peace in life.
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Weekly - Anthony de Mello
“Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise.”
Doodle of the Week (1)
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Weekly - Alan Watts
“Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.”
Weekly - Brian D. McLaren
“So we must realize this: the suicidal framing story that dominates our world today has no power except the power we give it by believing it. Similarly, believing an alternative and transforming framing story may turn out to be the most radical thing any of us can ever do.”
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Weekly - Deng Ming Dao
“Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.”
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Weekly - Peter Rollins
“The hint speaks to the heart and will only be heard by those with a sensitive and open ear. This powerless discourse of the hint can be seen at work in Jesus’ parables, which can only truly be heard by those ‘with ears to hear’.”
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Weekly - Maya Angelou
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
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Weekly - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
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Doodle of the Week (2)
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Weekly - Richard Rohr
“We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's a punch in the belly to see what has happened in the church and the world. Dualistic thinking seems to have taken over the church and our politics to a really neurotic degree.”
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Weekly - Adyashanti
When we see the world through our thoughts, we stop experiencing life as it really is and others as they really are. When I have a thought about you, that’s something I’ve created. I’ve turned you into an idea. In a certain sense, if I have an idea about you that I believe, I’ve degraded you. I’ve made you into something very small. This is the way of human beings, this is what we do to each other.
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Weekly - Glennon Doyle Melton
9. “You are not supposed to be happy all the time. Life hurts and it’s hard. Not because you’re doing it wrong, but because it hurts for everybody. Don’t avoid the pain. You need it. It’s meant for you. Be still with it, let it come, let it go, let it leave you with the fuel you’ll burn to get your work done on this earth.”
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Weekly - Jack Kornfield
“According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.”
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Keith’s Weekly Pick
If you surrender to the truth that no phenomenon can ever touch, you are free.
~Gangajik
"Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo" by Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716)
