But the atheist, you see — the man who advertises his disbelief in god — is a very pious person. Nobody believes in god like an atheist. ‘There is no god, and I am his prophet.’ Alan Watts I’ve always thought that Richard Dawkins and his followers have an evangelical air about them, confirmed by [...]
Any false element in the poetic weave of a work will destroy the vital force- surely, directly and rightly. Andrei Tarkovsky Incoming search terms:mona lisamonalisashit artshitflying shitmona lisa shitMona Lisa picturesart shitundefinedtruth in art
“Many quit just before they hit the jackpot. Then they complain that the Universal Law does not provide for them, which is a bunch of rubbish. If you don’t have what you want, it means that you are still on the journey. You might be close to the goal, yet being close to the best [...]
“Practice is about opening ourselves so that this little “I” that wants and wants and wants and wants and wants – that wants the whole world to be its parents, really- grows up.” Charlotte Joko Beck (quoted in Essential Zen, edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Tensho David Schneider) photo credit: premasagar Incoming search terms:scandinavian childhoodseventies [...]
“Staring around like a starved tiger: no mistakes here.” Hexagram 27, I Ching photo credit: barytonneuse
“Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.” William Blake, from ‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell‘ photo credit: h.koppdelaney
“From now on a nameless traveller; winter’s first rain.” Matsuo Basho (more here) photo credit: LunaDiRimmel Incoming search terms:Spiritual killing
“Never have a second arrow. If you rely on a second arrow you will be careless with the first. Every time you must be convinced that you have only one chance and that you must hit your target with your one and only arrow.” Kenko Khosi, from ‘Notes to Relieve Tedium‘ photo credit: foundphotoslj Incoming [...]
“That which you do not make conscious, becomes fate.” Carl Jung
