Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. - Buddha

Last night was fun, Adam, Drew came over to visit with Caitlyn, Dale and I. We joked around a bit, had a good time as I ran around in a skirt. Love my skirt.

Dale and I went out to pay bills and ( Read more... )

It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind
that we can know what indeed we are. "The Tenth Man" by Wei Wu Wei

So, in Buddhism, there consists of a 8 tenants of belief.

I have affirmed my devotion to 3 so far:  the right views, right thoughts and right speech. This next affirmation will prove to be a step beyond that which is ( Read more... )

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes ( Read more... )

I teach that the multitudinousness of objects have no reality in themselves but are only seen of the mind and, therefore, are of the nature of maya and a dream. ...It is true that in one sense they are seen and discriminated by the senses as individualized objects; but in another sense, because of the absence of any characteristic marks of self- ( Read more... )

The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a 'thing' seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a see-er. There can only be a seeing which itself is Truth. 'All Else is Bondage; Non-Volitional Living' - Wei Wu Wei ( Read more... )

Boredum: the desire for desires. -Tolstoy

Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he loves even a single being, Good will follow. But the Noble One with compassionate heart for all mankind, generates abounding good. - Buddha ( Read more... )

Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha ( Read more... )

Through the progress of natural science the totality of the world and our oneness with it becomes clearer to our spirit. When this realization of the complete unity is not only an intellectual realization, when it opens up our whole being to the light of total consciousness, then it becomes a radiant joy, an all encompassing love. - Rabindranath ( Read more... )

I don't know if it be a peculiarity in me, but I am seldom otherwise than happy while watching in the chamber of death, should no frenzied or despairing mourner share the duty with me. I see a repose that neither earth nor hell can break; and I feel an assurance of the endless and shadowless hereafter - the Eternity they have entered - where life ( Read more... )