CONGRUENCE / RESONANCE

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The ten thousand things are all there in me. And there's no joy greater than looking within and finding myself faithful to them.
Mengzi
372-289 BCE, Chinese Philosopher
Mencius , David Hinton, tr., 1998

Each day has its own set of thoughts, words and deeds. Live in tune.
Nachman of Breslov
1772-1810, Polish Rabbi

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist, Philosopher

Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right and a perfect contentment.
Emerson
Spiritual Laws

To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884, American Cleric, Reformer, Writer

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the … tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.
Helen Blavatsky
1831-1891, Russian Writer, Translator, Co-Founder of Theosophy
in Wisdom of the Ages at Your Fingertips , MCR Software, 1995

Yet if, putting aside for a moment all convention and custom, one will look quietly within himself, he will perceive that there are most distinct and inviolable inner forces, binding him by different ties to different people, and with different and inevitable results according to the quality and nature of the affection bestowed – that there is in fact in that world of the heart a kind of cosmical harmony and variety, and an order almost astronomical.
Edward Carpenter
1844-1929, English Writer, Poet, Social Activist
Love's Coming of Age

Manifest the divinity that is within you, and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it.
Vivekananda
1863-1902, Indian Guru, Writer
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda,1984-1987 , 4:351

Man is not a machine in the sense that he can consistently maintain the same output of work. He can only meet the demands of outer necessity in an ideal way if he is also adapted to his own inner world, that is to say, if he is in harmony with himself. Conversely, he can only adapt to his inner world and achieve unity with himself when he is adapted to the environmental conditions.
Carl Jung
1875-1961, Swiss Psychologist, Theorist
Psychological Reflections , Jolande Jacobi & R. F. Hull, eds., 1953

Everyone shows harmony or disharmony according to how open he is to the music of the universe. The more he is open to all that is beautiful and harmonious, the more his life is tuned to that universal harmony, and the more he will show a friendly attitude to everyone he meets, his very atmosphere will create music around him.
Hazrat Khan
1882-1927, Indian Sufi Master, Musician
The Mysticism of Sound and Music , 1991

The one who tunes himself not only to the external but also to the inner being and to the essence of all things, gets an insight into the essence of the Whole Being, and therefore he can find and enjoy that fragrance and flower which he sees in the rose, to the same extent even in the seed.
Ibid.

Consider the ebb and flow of the tide. When waves come to strike the shore, they crest and fall, creating a sound. Your breath should follow the same pattern, absorbing the entire universe in your belly with each inhalation. Know that we have access to four treasures: the energy of the sun and moon, the breath of heaven, the breath of earth, and the ebb and flow of the tide.
Morihei Ueshiba
1883-1969, Japanese Martial Artist, Founder of Aikido
The Art of Peace , John Stevens, tr., 1992

Peace originates with the flow of things – its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is like the veins that circulate the blood through our bodies, following the natural flow of the life force. If you are separated in the slightest from that divine essence, you are far off the path.
Ibid.

The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order, to know what is the world order in contradistinction to the wishful thinking orders we wish to impose upon one another.
Henry Miller
1891-1980, American Writer
Sexus , 1949

We discover, perhaps to our astonishment, that our greatest moments come when we find that we are not unique, when we come upon another self that is very like our own. The discovery of a continent is mere idle folly compared with this discovery of a sympathetic other-self, a friend or a lover.
J. B. Priestley
1894-1984, English Writer, Dramatist, Essayist
All About Ourselves and Other Essays

There is a method of appealing to one's own intuitive judgment, of thinking out one's own ideas and forming one's own independent judgments, and confessing them in public with a childish impudence, and sure enough, some kindred souls in another corner of the world will agree with you. A person forming his ideas in this manner will often be astounded to discover how another writer said exactly the same things and felt exactly the same way, but perhaps expressed the ideas more easily and more gracefully. It is then that he discovers the ancient author and the ancient author bears him witness, and they become forever friends in spirit.
Lin Yutang
1895-1976, Chinese Writer, Dramatist, Translator
The Importance of Living , 1937

Life is not on anyone's side. It is up to us to take up the fardels and put ourselves on the side of life and go wherever it leads.
P. L. Travers
1906-1996, Australian Writer

Broadening our attunement beyond the horizons of the individual self … awakens one to the meaning encoded into existence – a kind of cognitive "super-logic" that reveals a different purpose, a larger pattern, than anything we might previously have imagined.
Vilayat Khan
1916-, Indian-British Sufi Master, Writer
Awakening: A Sufi Experience , 1999

Real happiness consists of a harmony between all the parts of your nature, such as feelings harmonizing with words, or thoughts harmonizing with actions.
Vernon Howard
1918-1992, American Writer, Dramatist
The Power of Your Supermind

We can discover ourselves everywhere – all places and ages – doing the same things in a different way, feeling the same differently, reacting differently to the same.
Aldo Van Eyck
1918-, Dutch Architect

When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own.
Thich Nhat Hanh
1926-, Vietnamese Buddhist Master, Poet, Writer, Activist
Living Buddha, Living Christ , 1995

In a life out of harmony with itself, events seem to conspire to go wrong, but by the same token they mesh wondrously when you start to live your bliss … as you begin living your life, taking risks to do what you really want to do, you will find things fall into place and you "just happen" to be in the right place at the right time.
Bernie Siegel
1932-, American Physician, Writer
Love, Medicine & Miracles , 1986

The more we nurture ourselves, remove the masks and allow ourselves uncensored expression, the more the rhythms blend with those surrounding us. We create inner-outer harmony.
Barry Kaufman
1942-, American Writer
Happiness Is A Choice , 1993

I don't have to explain myself. My frequency is very common and is open to anybody who wants to tune in.
RuPaul
1960-, African-American Entertainer
"On Being Almost Seven Feet Tall Without Shoes," The New York Times , 1993 July 11

Community is created when people seek the same spiritual reality. The key to community is the discovery that we are all looking for, but we find what we are looking for only by being looked for . Our fellow seekers comprise what Ignatius of Antioch first termed "the company of saints." In such company, one is likely to find friends who are also guides: wise women and men who listen well, who offer advice and support, who help us clarify our questions, to recognize our options and to make our choices, and who seek and find in us the same realities .
- Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham
The Spirituality of Imperfection , 1992

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