What is, is. Much is only my distorted perspective. I don’t deserve a halo. But I probably don’t deserve a noose either. I need to stay in my truth.
“The only difference between a halo and a noose is the distance of twelve inches.”
~~Mel Ash
“Can a blind man lead a blind man?
Will they both fall into a pit?
A disciple is not above his teacher,
but everyone when he is fully taught will be like his teacher.”
~~Luke 6.39-40
“Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me–
The carriage but just ourselves and immortality.”
~~Emily Dickinson
“I believe in God– this is a fine praise-worthy thing to say.
But to acknowledge God wherever and however He manifests himself,
which in truth is heavenly bliss on earth.”
~~J. W. von Goethe
“To finish the moment,
to find the journey’s end in every step of the road,
to live the greatest number of good hours,
is wisdom.”
~~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Freedom to cut down the world’s oldest trees
Freedom to make Indians get down on their knees
And pray to your God and obey your FBI
And freedom to protest if you’re not too scared to die.”
~~Allen Ginsberg
“When the Egyptians were drowning, the angels wished to sing.
But God said, “My children are dying, and you would sing?”
~~Talmud
(Referring to the legend of Moses’ parting of the Red Sea)
“Life and love are “contact” sports.”
~~ME
“Perhaps the crescent moon smiles in doubt at being told that it is a fragment awaiting perfection.”
~~Rabindranath Tagore
“We stumble and fall constantly when we are most enlightened.
But when we are in true spiritual darkness,
we do not even know we have fallen.”
~~Thomas Merton
“Peaceful clarified meditation is a time machine.
It will allow you to proceed to wherever and whenever you need to go.”
~~ME
