Black implies white self implies other
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.
Courage is the goal of cowards.
Everyone is the fabric and structure of existence.
Where do I begin and end in space? I have relations to the sun and air which are just as vital parts of my existence as my heart.
No one's mouth is big enough to utter the whole thing.
Life and love generate effort but effort will not generate them.
I want ... to consort with people whose emotions are not ... cold and standoffish.
Faith...is letting go and trusting oneself to the unknown.
When one speaks of awakening, it means de-hypnotizatio n; coming to your senses. But of course to do that, you have to go out of your mind.
For every individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree. To manifest individuality, every branch must have a sensitive connection with the tree, just as our independently moving and differentiated fingers must have a sensitive connection with the whole body. The point, which can hardly be repeated too often, is that differentiation is not separation.
Thought is a means of concealing Truth.
We are at the moment looking at space as something to be entered by the tremendous thrust of a rocket because that is the attitude of attacking the unknown. And that causes us not to realize that we are already on the most magnificently equipped spaceship, which could hardly be improved upon. It has got a source of temperature and energy just at the right distance from it. It's beautifully equipped with oxygen, with food supplies, with all kinds of delightful things to do while on the journey.... and it's traveling through space at a colossal speed... and it's called the planet Earth.
To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.
If we are not totally blind, what we are seeking is already here. This is it.
I am amazed that Congressmen can pass a bill imposing severe penalties on anyone who burns the American flag, whereas they are responsible for burning that for which the flag stands: the United States as a territory, as a people, and as a biological manifestation. That is an example of our perennial confusion of symbols with realities.
If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.
The Tao belongs neither to knowing nor not knowing. Knowing is false understanding; not knowing is blind ignorance. If you really understand the Tao beyond doubt, it's like the empty sky. Why drag in right and wrong?
Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would "lief" or wish it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith lets go.
Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is.
The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss."
The Highest to which people can attain is wonder; and if the prime phenomenon makes them wonder, let them be content; nothing higher can it give them, and nothing further should they seek for behind it; there is the limit.
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