February 2012
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“We must be taught HOW to stay with the pain of life, without answers, without conclusions, and some days without meaning. That is the path, the perilous dark path of true prayer. It is how contemplative prayer differs from the mere recitation of prayers (which can actually be another diversionary tactic instead of any kind of self-emptying).”
Richard Rohr: Adapted from Everything...
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“ “Chance favors the connected mind.” ”
– Steven Johnson, American popular science author, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, Riverhead Hardcover, 2010. (via amiquote)
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“Protect yourself from your own thoughts.”
– Rumi (via nirvikalpa)
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“It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.”
– Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (via room42)
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Zen teacher Issan Dorsey, who established the Maitri Hospice in San Francisco, was on his deathbed when one of his closest friends came to visit him. “I’m going to miss you,” the friend said. “I’m going to miss you, too,” responded Issan. He was silent for a moment. Then he asked, “Are you going somewhere?” - Sean Murphy One Bird, One Stone
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“Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? … Well,...”
– John Steinbeck, East of Eden (via human-voices)
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“I am on the edge of the crowd, at the periphery; but I belong to it, I am...”
– Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari. A Thousand Plateaus. 2. 1914: On or Several Wolves. (pg. 29)
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