Living the effortless spiritual life…
Posted in Articles, Quotes - 2010, Stillness on Apr 29th, 2010
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.- Rumi
your work
What were you created to do?
What were you created to be?
your heart
You are, where your heart is. Be from your heart. Think from your heart. Follow your heart. Express your heart. Be heart-centered.
Daily [...]
Posted in Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2010, Stillness on Feb 3rd, 2010
Silence is a receptive space. – Barbara De Angelis
be still
Creation comes from silence. There’s a pause, a space between each of our thoughts. Pay attention to that space. That’s where creativity springs from. Which is why it’s important for us to be in control of our thoughts and not let them be the usual runaway [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2010 on Jan 12th, 2010
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. - Kung-fu-tse (Confucius)
chutzpah
We most often have the attitude that essentially we know the answer. We know what makes us happy, we know what to do with our relationships and we know how to figure things out. This is despite [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2009, Stillness on Sep 7th, 2009
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post-office. – Henry David Thoreau
The modern day equivalent to the Post Office is email, the internet and the cell phone! When we don’t have a satisfying inner life, we run towards outwardly distractions to occupy our minds. We fill our [...]
Posted in Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2009, Stillness on Sep 1st, 2009
It is because artists do not practice, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to worship reverently the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to create a new religion. – G. K. Chesterton
For how long can you sit still and do nothing? What part of [...]
