Where to draw lines? Where does shadow fall? Is it in life or death or somewhere between? Does it matter how and when shadow falls? Let us consider some quotes and ponder.
“Since I am convinced
That reality is in no way real,
How am I to admit
That dreams are dreams?”
~~Saigyo Hoshi
“Until one has loved an animal,
a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”
~~Anatole France
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature
and embroidered by imagination.”
~~Voltaire
“November is a spinner
Spinning in the mist,
Weaving such a lovely web
Of gold and amethyst.
In among the shadows
She spins ’til close of day,
Then quietly she folds her hands
And puts her work away.”
~~Margaret Rose
“As the fish doesn’t know water,
man is ignorant of space.
Consciousness is concerned only with the changing and varying details; it ignores constants– especially constant backgrounds.
Thus only very exceptional people are aware of what is basic to everything.”
~~Alan Watts
“The purpose of all the major religions is not to construct big temples on the outside,
but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.”
~~The Dalai Lama
“If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love,
I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.”
~~1 Corinthians 13:1
“You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold onto, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown.
But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float.
And that is exactly the situation of faith.”
~~Alan Watts
“Art has something to do with achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer too,
and the eye of the storm…An arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.”
~~Saul Bellow
No more need be said.
