#lighten

When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was, his answer was, “Lots of space, nothing holy.” Meditation is nothing holy. Therefore there’s nothing that you think or feel that somehow gets put in the category of “sin.” There’s nothing that you can think or feel that gets put in the category of “bad.” There’s nothing that you can think or feel that gets put in the category of “wrong.” It’s all good juicy stuff—the manure of waking up, the manure of achieving enlightenment, the art of living in the present moment. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#meditation #art

Dream Song of Thunders: Sometimes I go about pitying Myself, While I am carried by the wind Across the sky. ↗

— Frances Densmore

#irony #old-songs #transcendence #wind #dreams

Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. ↗

— Mark Twain

#lost

We are equal beings and the universe is our relations with each other. ↗

— Thaddeus Golas

#inspiration #inspirational #inspired #inspiring #philosophy

Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment. ↗

— Chögyam Trungpa

#enlightenment #enlightenment

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#enlightenment #meditation #mind #spirituality #zen

We are all blessed ones. Heaven is no longer in the clouds. It is right here, all around us, everywhere; we must only open our eyes to see it. ↗

— Kim Chestney

#heaven #intuition #kim-chestney #psychic-workshop #samadhi

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#bodies #cannot #coercion #emerge #enlightened

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#enlightenment #knowing #others #yourself

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#body #bright #clear #empty #enlightenment