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personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
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JeroenNot all those who wander are lostNetherlandsVeteran
“The journey is long because we do not take the first step.”
— Indian saying
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JeroenNot all those who wander are lostNetherlandsVeteran
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien
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JeroenNot all those who wander are lostNetherlandsVeteran
“One of the mystics, one of the greatest, was Kabir. He has written... when he was young, he wrote two lines: ”My friend, I was searching and searching for the truth. I never found the truth; on the contrary the seeker, the searcher disappeared – just as if a dewdrop had fallen into the ocean.”
When he was old, he corrected his statement. He said, ”My friend, seeking and searching the truth, I have not found the truth; I have lost myself. The seeker is gone as if the ocean has disappeared into the dewdrop.”
The second comes from a more mature, from a more conscious, more alert Kabir. But whatever way you see it – the dewdrop disappearing into the ocean or the ocean disappearing into the dewdrop – it means exactly the same.
The real and authentic religious search is not of finding, but of losing – the idea of finding is still greed. The idea of finding the truth or God or the ultimate still carries something of greed.
The true mystic, the true religious person, is finding a way to lose himself, how not to be – because those few chosen ones who have attained to the state of ‘not to be’ have experienced the greatest ecstasy possible. From ‘to be’ towards ‘not to be’ is the pilgrimage.”
“If you want to identify me, ask not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Between these two answers you can determine the identity of any person. The better the answer he has, the more of a person he is.”
~Thomas Merton
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personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology." ~ Edward O Wilson
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JeroenNot all those who wander are lostNetherlandsVeteran
“What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.”
— Thomas Merton, Wisdom of the Desert
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JeroenNot all those who wander are lostNetherlandsVeteran
“Once you become available to all such experiences, more and more will be coming to you. Just don’t remain confined to the world of things and objects and money and power and sensuality. Try to become more and more a man of consciousness, awareness, sincerity and truthfulness.”
— Osho
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
"Peace is not convenient. Compassion is not easy. But they're always worth it."
Bhante Bhikkhu Paññākāra 2026.
"The quality of understanding matters infinitely more than the quantity of followers."
Ibid.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
Releasing any tension and
bringing calm to your body is the
first step in restoring wellness. You
can't heal your body if you don't
pay attention to it.
Bringing your mind home to your body, you
become established in the here and
the now, You have a chance to be
aware, without judgment, of any
pain, tension, or suffering in your
body. This is the beginning of
healing.
Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Relax.
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JeroenNot all those who wander are lostNetherlandsVeteran
edited February 19
“There is no other shore, this is the only shore there is. And it is not a question of reaching somewhere else, it is a question of awakening here and now. It is never there, it is always here; it is never then, it is always now. This moment contains the totality of reality.”
—Anonymous
When you’re deeply looking at something, you’re loving it. And I think that when you do that, whether it’s with a person or a nonhuman animal or a plant or a tree, it is a way of witnessing and being witnessed.
Comments
“The journey is long because we do not take the first step.”
— Indian saying
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien
“One of the mystics, one of the greatest, was Kabir. He has written... when he was young, he wrote two lines: ”My friend, I was searching and searching for the truth. I never found the truth; on the contrary the seeker, the searcher disappeared – just as if a dewdrop had fallen into the ocean.”
When he was old, he corrected his statement. He said, ”My friend, seeking and searching the truth, I have not found the truth; I have lost myself. The seeker is gone as if the ocean has disappeared into the dewdrop.”
The second comes from a more mature, from a more conscious, more alert Kabir. But whatever way you see it – the dewdrop disappearing into the ocean or the ocean disappearing into the dewdrop – it means exactly the same.
The real and authentic religious search is not of finding, but of losing – the idea of finding is still greed. The idea of finding the truth or God or the ultimate still carries something of greed.
The true mystic, the true religious person, is finding a way to lose himself, how not to be – because those few chosen ones who have attained to the state of ‘not to be’ have experienced the greatest ecstasy possible. From ‘to be’ towards ‘not to be’ is the pilgrimage.”
“If you want to identify me, ask not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Between these two answers you can determine the identity of any person. The better the answer he has, the more of a person he is.”
~Thomas Merton
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology." ~ Edward O Wilson
“What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.”
— Thomas Merton, Wisdom of the Desert
“Once you become available to all such experiences, more and more will be coming to you. Just don’t remain confined to the world of things and objects and money and power and sensuality. Try to become more and more a man of consciousness, awareness, sincerity and truthfulness.”
— Osho
'It ain't over 'till it's over."
Yogi Bera
"Peace is not convenient. Compassion is not easy. But they're always worth it."
Bhante Bhikkhu Paññākāra 2026.
"The quality of understanding matters infinitely more than the quantity of followers."
Ibid.
Releasing any tension and
bringing calm to your body is the
first step in restoring wellness. You
can't heal your body if you don't
pay attention to it.
Bringing your mind home to your body, you
become established in the here and
the now, You have a chance to be
aware, without judgment, of any
pain, tension, or suffering in your
body. This is the beginning of
healing.
Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Relax.
“There is no other shore, this is the only shore there is. And it is not a question of reaching somewhere else, it is a question of awakening here and now. It is never there, it is always here; it is never then, it is always now. This moment contains the totality of reality.”
—Anonymous
When you’re deeply looking at something, you’re loving it. And I think that when you do that, whether it’s with a person or a nonhuman animal or a plant or a tree, it is a way of witnessing and being witnessed.
Ada Limón, “Decentering the Self”