feelings first

having appointed all the stars to their places the summer wind sleeps Richard Wright

Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear. Rumi

You are the solitary witness of all that is, forever free. Your only bondage is that you see yourself as someone else. Ashtavakra Gita

Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen. Epictetus

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. Joseph Campbell

summer moonlight clapping hands, the dawn prayer begins Basho

Do not be a beggar of love—be a giver of love. Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful. Rumi

The only language able to express the whole truth is silence. Ramana Maharshi

Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away. Frida Kahlo

Always remember deep in your heart that all is well and everything is unfolding as it should. There are no mistakes anywhere, at any time. What appears to be wrong is simply your own false imagination. That's all. Robert Adams

through the waterfall pine needles floating through sunlight Basho