“Purify, purify.”
“We ll be consoled somehow by the odd notion that it s the thought that counts.”
“Hoping, dreaming on I stray to her smile, a world away. Love unfulfilled, I rise and a world away, she cries.”
“Maybe you are amazing and beautiful. I just can t see it anymore.”
“Shock no thinking just decide. Rage from nowhere down inside. Sensing ruin, cannot tell, kill the threat or run like hell?”
“I ll carve a special little niche, safe from the perils of life, where I can make a place for hope. First, I ll need to find a knife.”
“Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.”
“I m moving and not moving at all. I m like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, I am doing this, but rather, an inner realization that this is happening through me, or it is doing this for me. The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.”
“Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.”
“The grass is not greener on the other side – it is just another shade of green.”
“How do people know they are sane? Can a person be gripped by lunacy, only to be released a short time later, never to relive the episode again?”
“No Thought, No Concept, No Identity, No Personality, No Religion, No Country, No I-Me-Myself, No Me n Mine, No Goal, No Time, No Search, No Conflict, Right Now,Right Here - I am nameless, undivided, unlimited, untouched source of life in which bodies come and go like waves in the ocean.”
“True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.”
“We have a right to decide how we want our bodies to look and feel, but unfortunately we do not exercise these rights. Instead, we tend to drift along, victims of our own ignorance of the fact that we can have what we want, if we are willing to take that first step toward developing the self-discipline to govern our thoughts.”
“Heal the spirit and the mind and body will naturally follow.”
“I m tired of being scared, and I know you are too. Not that there isn t alot to be scared of in this world today, between the non-stop headlines about wars and nuclear power plants and terrorists and assasinations and civil unrest and economic uncertainty and political doublespeak and insane weather and an environment that s becoming unhealthier by the day. But a point comes when it s too much to deal with, and thinking about it accomplishes nothing more than sending you to bed with a cold cloth on your head.”
“The same way we grow our bodies we must attend to our mind and spirit.”