Embracing Transcendence

"There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:22:59 -0400

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

- Carl Jung (via samsaranmusing)

"I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:24:47 -0400

“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life. I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.” I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one. I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

- Maya Angelou (via thelittleyellowdiary)

"You practice a false goodness. You make yourself look good, kind. You force yourself to be generous,..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:21:33 -0400

“You practice a false goodness. You make yourself look good, kind. You force yourself to be generous, forgiving. You suppress your jealousies and your angers, turn them against yourself. You show great self-control over them. You must express them, get rid of them, and then find another way to rid yourself of them, but not by repression. For a time, for the present at least, screw repression; act as angrily or vengefully as you wish to.”

- Gertrude Stein, “Complete Writings” (via violentwavesofemotion)

"The agony of breaking through personal limitations is the agony of spiritual growth. Art,..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:28:10 -0400

“The agony of breaking through personal limitations is the agony of spiritual growth. Art, literature, myth and cult, philosophy, and ascetic disciplines are instruments to help the individual past his limiting horizons into spheres of ever-expanding realization. As he crosses threshold after threshold, conquering dragon after dragon, the stature of the divinity that he summons to his highest wish increases, until it subsumes the cosmos. Finally, the mind breaks the bounding sphere of the cosmos to a realization transcending all experiences of form - all symbolizations, all divinities: a realization of the ineluctable void”

- Joseph Campbell (via therefore-death-to-us-is-nothing)

"I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:33:31 -0400

“I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.”

- Joanne Harris, Five Quarters of the Orange (via murmurrs)

never-give-up-on-true-love: I needed to see this post on my...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:58:31 -0400

never-give-up-on-true-love:

I needed to see this post on my dash

"Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:25:53 -0400

“Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive, to allow others to abuse us, to smile and let anyone do what they want with us. Yet this is not what is meant by compassion. Quite the contrary. Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of suffering in the world. Compassion allows us to bear witness to that suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, and to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal. To develop this mind state of compassion … is to learn to live, as the Buddha put it, with sympathy for all living beings, without exception.”

- Sharon Salzburg (via atomos)

Desde la Parguera

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:27:26 -0400

Desde la Parguera

Glenn Gould, genius interpreting Johan Sebastian Bach.

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:41:16 -0500

Glenn Gould, genius interpreting Johan Sebastian Bach.

"A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false..."

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:09:43 -0500

““A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anything new. Otherwise the new will be built on a wrong foundation and the result will be worse than before. To speak the truth is the most difficult thing in the world; one must study a great deal and for a long time in order to speak the truth. The wish alone is not enough. To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know.””

- G.I. Gurdjieff (via heartmindawakening)

"Supposing you have been very much in love with a man or a woman, and you want them to love you; but..."

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:29:22 -0500

“Supposing you have been very much in love with a man or a woman, and you want them to love you; but you know always (don’t you?) that you can’t force them to love you. And if you say, “You must love me”, love dries up. But on the other hand if you say, “Look, please have it your way. You don’t have to meet me tomorrow, please, you choose. You know, let’s let it go. And if you want to go and date somebody else than me, please help yourself,” they always come back if you do it that way. Let it go and it returns to you. But dominate it and say, “You must be mine”, you lose it. So in the same way the Chinese have the conception that the basic principle of the universe governs the universe, not by ruling but by allowing everything in the universe to follow its own nature and to be itself. And you see, this is a colossal act of trust, of faith, in everybody and everything else. And this is finally the ONLY sane attitude.”

- The Spectrum of Love,Alan Watts (via opera-and-coffee)

"If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what..."

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:26:49 -0500

““If you love a flower, don’t pick it up.
Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love.
So if you love a flower, let it be.
Love is not about possession.
Love is about appreciation.””

- Osho (via opera-and-coffee)

Photo

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:38:32 -0500

omnioktagon: Life matters. We are incredible beings. We should...

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:26:21 -0400

omnioktagon:

Life matters. We are incredible beings. We should act like it.

omnioktagon: It took a few days but I finally finished. I give...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:28:32 -0400

omnioktagon:

It took a few days but I finally finished. I give you my improved room.

It is my last year on college and it was about time I got the space and tools I needed.

From now on, I’ll use this space productively and make the best use of all my new tools.

As I’ve said before, an organized and comfortable space provides motivation and a sense of progress you don’t want to let go of. I have all I need to get where I want to be. There is no excuse now. Only a great place in which I can develop and work towards my goals.

This is how it used to look: http://oktagonmind.tumblr.com/post/8193269773/finally-im-done-cleaning-and-organizing-my-room#note-container

contando-historias: Some people are afraid of being alone. I...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:09:24 -0400

contando-historias:

Some people are afraid of being alone. I was one of them. Sometimes when we’re alone we tend to take out our personal demons. That’s not so bad. The only way to make them disappear is to acknowledge them.

Algunas personas temen estar solas. Yo era una de esas personas. Algunas veces cuando estamos solos, tendemos a sacar nuestros demonios personales. Eso no es tan malo. La única manera de hacerlos desaparecer es reconociéndolos.

21-;une-2*12

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:51:05 -0400

Here I am today. This is part of at this point in time. Slight pressure on the head. About to go to sleep. Taking a deep breath. Typing on my cell’s keyboard a sample of my self. [The self. What an intriguing concept. Such alluring and deep mystery…] I ask myself these questions: is there an ideal Form for the human being? Is there an individual ideal Form for each one of us? What does reaching one’s full potential means? What is the way to reach it? Is it to study the life of great men and women; to help ourselves with what they offered humanity? Is it about studying one’s own story? Or both? What path must be taken? Is the path taken inwardly, outwardly or both? Alone or accompanied? How crucial it is to be with someone in order to reach that state? Is it through Jung’s Individuation, through the Buddha’s meditation? Through Love, for all that exists? Is it by fulfilling a purpose, Cause or function? Or all of them? -and how to deal with the sudden urges to know all that there is about life, existence, the universe, people, love, and myself, when I certainly won’t? How to deal with the certainty of death? I am now contemplating a life of love that takes other forms: the love of the self, life, knowledge. Sleep for now.

carnegriffiths: Strength, Ink and tea on paper by carne...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:15:36 -0400

carnegriffiths:

Strength, Ink and tea on paper by carne griffiths

"I am driven by two main philosophies, know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the..."

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 07:39:00 -0400

“I am driven by two main philosophies, know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”

- Neil deGrasse Tyson (via penseesduchoeur)

rhkim: STRENGTH.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:53:33 -0400

rhkim:

STRENGTH.