Art by Susan Seddon Boulet
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Beautiful words of wisdom from the poet, photographer, and punk rock legend~ Patti Smith.
Bodhidharma laughed for seven days when he became enlightened — nonstop. His friends became very worried; they thought he had gone insane. They asked him, “What is the matter? Why are you laughing?” He said, “I am laughing because now I see the whole ridiculousness of my search. I have been searching for lives together for the truth, and it has always been within me. What I was searching for was in the seeker himself. I was looking everywhere and it was within me. I was running hither and thither and there was no need to run anywhere. I could have just calmed myself down, and it was mine. It has always been mine. From the very beginning it was within me. It is my innermost being, my very being. “The seeker is the sought — that’s why I am laughing. I cannot believe how I could remain in such a deception for so long, how I managed to be such a fool. And I am also laughing because I see all around millions of people searching in the same way — searching for bliss, for God, for truth, for nirvana — and all that they are searching and seeking and looking for can be found within themselves. There is no need to go anywhere. There is no need to do anything. Just close your eyes and look within, and the kingdom of God is yours. Hence, I cannot stop laughing.” ~ Osho
“Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been polluted and contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture. To acquire happiness you don’t have to do anything, because happiness cannot be acquired. Does anybody know why? Because we have it already. How can you acquire what you already have? Then why don’t you experience it? Because you’ve got to drop something. You’ve got to drop illusions. You don’t have to add anything in order to be happy; you’ve got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. Do you know where these things come from? From having identified with all kinds of labels!” ~Anthony de Mello, Awareness
Art by Jeremy Norton
Source~ ShamanTube
“Find your light. Don’t hide from what you are. And rise before you fall. And hope for something more. Live if you really want to.”
Happy Full Moon! “This Leo energy coming in is summoning us to step into our own fullness through sharing our hearts with courage while allowing our unique light to be seen. It’s a call to cast away the voices of judgement that limit and suppress, so we can allow the love and truth from our hearts to flow through.” ~From Mystic Mamma
Art by Vladimir Kush
Go Vermont! Way to be awesome and prove to everyone that it’s possible to power an entire city without using fossil fuels.
“Go with the flow. Force nothing. Let it happen… trusting that whichever way it goes, it’s for the best.” ~Mandy Hale
“Life is like a garden, you reap what you sow.” ~Paulo Coelho
Art by Abdiellisse Almodovar
Under The Blue Door 