(Lake Natahala) "...it is the idea of happiness in the future that I have abandoned, so I can dwell deeply in the present moment."
~ from 'Teachings on Love' by Thich Nhat Hahn
Clump
We already have everything we need. There is no need for self improvement. All these trips we lay on ourselves, the heavy duty fearing that we're bad and hoping that we're good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy, and the addictions of all kinds- never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye from being fully awake.
~ Pema Chodron 'Start where you are: A Guide to Compassionate Living'
Onion
What is it all about? It is like asking 'What's the pit in the middle of the onion?' And, you take off all the skin, and so on, and so on, and so on... And suddenly you find you've got a litter of skins and no pit. There wasn't anything in it. You might say, 'Well, that's a hoax. Life is a deception; a tale told by an idiot.' And yet, what you had missed in looking for the pit, were the beautiful skins. See, that's the edible part of the onion.
~ Alan Watts
White Marked Tussock Moth
Don't look for god in the sky, look within your own body.
~Osho
