Quotes |
"Do more than belong, participate. Do more than care, help. Do more than
believe, practice. Do more than be fair, be kind. Do more than forgive,
forget. Do more than dream, work."
-- William Arthur Ward
*"I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make
*me happy."
*J.D. Salinger*
"Re-examine all you have been told. . . Dismiss what insults your Soul." - Walt Whitman
The Master insisted that what he taught was nothing, what he did was nothing.
His disciples gradually discovered that Wisdom comes to those who learn
nothing, unlearn everything.
That transformation is the consequence not of something done but of
something dropped. --Anthony de Mello, SJ
MORSEL: In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. --Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
"If you are fortunate enough to be Awakened thus, you will know why the finest language is the one that is not spoken, the finest action is the one that is not done and the finest change is the one that is not willed." --Anthony de Mello, SJ
"Goddess grant me the serenity to accept that stupid people exist, the courage to read their posts even if they give me a migraine, and the wisdom to filter them to the trash when I can't stand no more..." --Gwendalyn Wolfrose 7-27-2001
I understand the desire to make the Craft (pick one, any one) somehow conform to logic, as though a wholly right-brained approach will somehow make things offer up their inner secrets, allure, and mystery. But, at least from those I've spoken to and my own failed attempts before surrendering to the process, it just doesn't work that way.
Adam
"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each
other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers.
We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner
holographic demons and invocations of equations.
These are the tools we employ and we know many things."
* WINTER *
There is a significant difference between newbie and wannabe, and I think definitions will clear some of the air. The acid test for wannabe is work, which will be embraced enthusiastically by the newbie--heart-hungry for the old ways.
African proverb:
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is a sleeper. Waken him.
