Before Vincent van Gogh became van Gogh, everyone thought cypress trees and muddy farmers' boots were ugly. Samuel Adoquei, How Successful Artists Study To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an...
he World I Live In I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs. The world I live in and believe in is wider than that. And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe? You wouldn’t believe what once or twice I have seen. I’ll just tell you this: only if there...
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna that the mind can be a friend, but the same mind can also be an enemy. Cultivate the friendly side of your mind. And, don’t give too much attention to the enemy. Sri M Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not...
He was unique and beautiful and brought joy to all who heard his music. We were blessed to have him in the world for the time he was here. Some excerpts from the obituary in the New York Times: John Prine, the raspy-voiced country-folk singer whose ingenious...
VOICE BODY CONNECTION with Elissa Weinzimmer Twenty minute voice & movement warm ups which happen twice a day: Monday at 9am EST and 5:30pm EST Tuesday at 9am EST and 5:30pm EST Wednesday at 9am EST and 5:30pm EST Thursday at 9am EST and 5:30pm EST Information and RSVP for free sessions here FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A MANTRA OR A WAY...
It doesn’t have to be blue iris, it can be weeds in a vacant lot. Just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate. This isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks. A silence in which another...
One basic truth that is of inestimable value and usefulness is this dictum: all fear is fallacious and not based in fact. Fear is overcome by walking directly through it until one breaks through into the joy that the fear is blocking. The joy that...
Spiritual experience is a fact. Spirituality may be defined as an atmosphere of good, the realization of God. It cannot--and does not--borrow its light from another, no matter how great or noble that other may be. It springs from within, coming from that never-failing fountain...
A revolution in science has recently revealed that the adult brain remains open to change throughout the lifespan...
Ishvara-Pranidhanad Va …samadhi can be attained quickly through practicing the presence of God. Sutra 1.23, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The first chapter of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is made up of 51 sutras, or aphorisms. Sutra actually means "string," each of the individual sutras like a single flower on a garland, the whole of them...