“A Finger Points At The Moon, But The Moon Is Not At The Tip Of The Finger. Words Point At The Truth,

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

Hakuin Ekaku (via aspiritualwarrior)

“Who will write the story of what could have been? That, if someone writes it, Will be the true history of humanity. What exists is the real world—not us, just the world. We are, in reality, what doesn’t exist. I am who I failed to be.”

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Fernando Pessoa

by Song Jue, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Album leaf; ink on paper

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

In a fevered state, you project a past and a future onto the present moment. The present is boundless yet you persist in clinging to these projections. With a cool mind investigate carefully from where they come and go and discover the timeless reality behind them. 

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Please do!

“But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game”

道德經第二十一章

孔德之容，唯道是從。

道之為物，唯恍唯惚。

忽兮恍兮，其中有象；恍兮忽兮，其中有物。

窈兮冥兮，其中有精；其精甚真，其中有信。

自古及今，其名不去，以閱衆甫。

吾何以知衆甫之狀哉？以此。

21  [The empty heart, or the Dao in its operation]

The Great Virtue is to follow the Tao and only the Tao. The Tao is shadowy and intangible. Intangible and evasive, and yet within it is a form. Evasive and intangible, and yet within it is a substance. Shadowy and dark, and yet within it is a vital force. This vital force is real and can be relied upon. From ancient times to the present the Tao's instructions have not been forgotten. Through it can be perceived the beginning of the story of life. How do I know how it was at the beginning of the story of life? Because of what is within me.