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“Once upon a time, When women were birds, There was the simple understanding That to sing at dawn And to sing at dusk Was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, That the world is meant to be celebrated.” ~Terry Tempest Williams
Art by Hans Walor
“And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of heaven and the name of that river was suffering: and I saw a boat which carries souls across the river and the name of that boat was love.” ~Saint John of the Cross
Thanks to Spiritual Evolution for this post.
“The sword of the peaceful warrior is love.” ~Gary Amirault
Art by Sophie Wilkins
“During the peeling away of the ego… you will feel lost. You will begin to wonder who you are. The You, you “thought” you were, was based on illusion. The illusion of who you thought you should be; based on the distorted beliefs of your friends and family and the projections of the mass consciousness. The old you; the inauthentic self dissolves. You may experience grief, sorrow, confusion, despair and extreme sadness as the darkness from your soul (ego/shadow self) is integrated with more LIGHT from the higher self so the beauty of your truth can be revealed. This is oftentimes called the “dark night of the soul”. It is a process of soul alchemy where our lead (darkness) is transmuted into the gold (christ consciousness) of our higher awareness. It takes courage and faith to embark on the journey of soul alchemy, which is really the ascension of the soul. Nurture and love your SELF as you go through this process.” ~Sabrina
“No ideology can help to create a new world or a new mind or a new human being — because ideological orientation itself is the root cause of all the conflicts and all the miseries. Thought creates boundaries, thought creates divisions and thought creates prejudices; thought itself cannot bridge them. That’s why all ideologies fail. Now man must learn to live without ideologies religious, political or otherwise. When the mind is not tethered to any ideology, it is free to move to new understandings. And in that freedom flowers all that is good and all that is beautiful.” ~ Osho
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.” ~Cesar Chavez
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” ~Thích Nhất Hạnh
Art by Christian Schloe
“Our purpose is to consciously, deliberately evolve toward a wiser, more liberated and luminous state of being; to return to Eden, make friends with the snake, and set up our computers among the wild apple trees. Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution – a melding into the godhead, into love – is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable force because to admit it is to acknowledge that most of our political gyrations, religious dogmas, social ambitions and financial ploys are not merely counterproductive but trivial. Our mission is to jettison those pointless preoccupations and take on once again the primordial cargo of inexhaustible ecstasy.” ~ Tom Robbins
“Death is creeping closer than usual right now. It is filling our minds, our ears and our screens. Many people are passing, Ebola fear is raging, systems and structures are crumbling. If you have felt depressed, heavy, confused or irritated, it is a natural response. This is our great underwater passing, this is the plunge into the dark sea. We will be born again from these sacred waters, but first we must face our fears. Loss, change, endings — these are all forms of death, and they all do one clear thing: they remind us that we are not in control. This terrifies us, doesn’t it? To think that there are forces greater than us over which we have no power? This is why close proximity to death brings up so much from the subconscious. It is happening now. It is calling out our shadows. You would do well to sit quietly and listen. Be with your feelings. Don’t deny them and don’t run from them. Do not label yourself as broken or wrong. Just be present to what is happening. In our avoidance of death, we have lost an important part of life. We have lost an intimate understanding of our natural selves. The death cycle will take you closer to your wild parts, the ancient ones, the parts that know death well. And they will tell you more about yourself than any book or master. What else but death can make you so fiercely aware of what truly matters? Let it shake you from your slumber. Let it remind you that you are part of a great and grand design, something much, much bigger than you alone. Let it teach you gratitude. Let it teach you love. Let it press deeply into your heart the blessing of each breath, each embrace, each moment we are here. It is this that death does best: It breathes life into the living.” ~Jessica Hesser
Art by Kerry Darlington
Thanks to Rebelle Society for the quote.
Under The Blue Door 