Art by Victo Ngai
Source ~ Dreamwork with Toko-pa
Category Archives: Quotes
“As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and clearer.” ~ Rumi
Art by Jon Marro
“On this day, the Autumn Equinox, we are in perfect balance between light and dark. As we straddle this threshold time, you may be experiencing both an expanded sense of self alongside some painful contractions into a familiar darkness. It may help to remember that sometimes we are plummeted into our darkest depths precisely because we have elevated our ceilings on Love. Our demons appear most ferociously when they feel threatened by a new attitude. So please consider your contractions are actually validations of where you are bravely digging into your own substrate to unearth those limiting patterns and, in releasing them, revealing a greater capacity for belonging and joy.” Keep going, Toko-pa
Art by Kelly Louise Judd
Source of post ~ Dreamwork with Toko-pa
“Immersed in what some call “consensus reality,” one’s very sanity comes into question for believing the principles of interbeing. We are permitted to entertain them as a kind of spiritual philosophy, but when we start making choices from them, when we start living them even ten percent, people begin to question our sanity. We may even question our own. Alongside the self-doubt comes a profound feeling of alienation. Just this morning I heard ten seconds of a news segment on immigration reform. An image sprang to mind of a vast apparatus of fences, checkpoints, ID cards, paperwork, interviews, borders, security zones, and official “status,” and I thought, “Wait a minute – isn’t it obvious that Earth belongs to everyone and to no one, and that there should be no borders? Isn’t it hypocritical to make life unlivable somewhere through economic and political policies, and then to prevent people from leaving that place?” The two sides of the debate don’t even mention that viewpoint, so far outside the bounds of respectable thought it lies. The same is true of practically every issue of public controversy. Isn’t it insane to think that I am right and everyone else is wrong? In a way, it is insane – insofar as sanity is a socially constructed category that serves the maintenance of dominant narratives and power structures. If so, it is time to be insane together! It is time to violate consensus reality.” ~ Charles Eisenstein — The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible
“If I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution.” ~ Emma Goldman
Photo taken during the mass protests in Turkey.
“As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.” ~ Denis Waitley
Art by Sam Nagel
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” ~Thomas Paine
“Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step forward. If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.” ~Ivan Illich
“If you think we can’t change the world, It just means you’re not one of those that will.” ~Jacque Fresco
“We are in the midst of an awakening. At no time in history has Mother Earth needed her children to care more than at the present. Ancient prophecies from every culture around the world warn of dramatic global change. It’s time to believe we can make a difference. If we have hope, there is potential for extraordinary change. The Elders teach us if we return to harmony in our lives, melting the ice in our hearts, reconnecting with one another, we will survive.” ~ Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq
Under The Blue Door 