Living the effortless spiritual life…
Posted in Quotes - 2010, Stillness on Jul 26th, 2010
Grave danger you are in. Impatient you are. – Master Yoda
impatient, we are
Continuing the Star Wars theme! Impatient we are, just about everything in our lives. Isn’t that true? I want my iPhone, I want that toy, I want you to …, I want that …, right now!! This is a tendency we all struggle [...]
Posted in Articles, Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2010 on Jun 16th, 2010
When you do things from your soul you feel a river moving in you, a joy. - Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Writing down your soul?
What does that mean?
Janet Conner explains very eloquently in her book: ‘Writing Down your Soul’ and in this interview, that the ‘Soul’ is a name for that part of you, inside you, that’s [...]
Posted in Articles, Quotes - 2010 on Jun 6th, 2010
The moment one gives a close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world unto itself. - Henry Miller
pure attention
Pure attention is what it takes to truly live in the moment. Without attention we live a hypnotized life. One in which we’re constantly lost in our thoughts. [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2009, Stillness on Nov 26th, 2009
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. – Rumi
Listen First
As your internal (thought created) chatter dies down you can more easily connect with the under-current of Life itself. This can be best achieved via some form of meditation; and staying in the moment as much as is practical [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2009 on Nov 2nd, 2009
Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. – John Donne
John Donne wrote this in the 17th century probably referring to the church bells that tolled during a funeral. We can make a lot of this beautiful quote.
Life is passing us by:
Don’t lose another moment to indecision, hate, callousness or [...]
