"No Matter Where You Go, There You Are."

Independent, Canon-Divergent AU Uncle Ben Parker. Zen Mentor Companion Blog to richparkerwashere and petaparkerishere. (follows back from drthetasigma10.)

[fukkce]

your speed doesn’t matter, forward is forward

[amortizing]

“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 (via amortizing)

[spaacemusings]

                                           you’re allowed to scream                                               you’re allowed to cry                                        but you’re not allowed to give up

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF: “For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” –George Eliot (Middlemarch)

[thegoodvybe]

[skepticalavenger]

Why Did God Create Atheists?

There is a famous story told in Chassidic literature that addresses this very question. The Master teaches the student that God created everything in the world to be appreciated, since everything is here to teach us a lesson. 

One clever student asks “What lesson can we learn from atheists? Why did God create them?”

The Master responds “God created atheists to teach us the most important lesson of them all — the lesson of true compassion. You see, when an atheist performs and act of charity, visits someone who is sick, helps someone in need, and cares for the world, he is not doing so because of some religious teaching. He does not believe that god commanded him to perform this act. In fact, he does not believe in God at all, so his acts are based on an inner sense of morality. And look at the kindness he can bestow upon others simply because he feels it to be right.”

“This means,” the Master continued “that when someone reaches out to you for help, you should never say ‘I pray that God will help you.’ Instead for the moment, you should become an atheist, imagine that there is no God who can help, and say ‘I will help you.’”

ETA source: Tales of Hasidim Vol. 2 by Mar

[scyphozoans]

I started reading this and was worried it would be something attacking atheists, or bashing religion, but this makes me really, really happy.

[naamahdarling]

imagine that there is no God who can help, and say ‘I will help you.’”

Holy shit.

Holy shit.

Yes.  YES.

[thewanderingmillennial]

But life is so fleeting …

[jncoes]

there r real teens out there who think discovering nirvana is a special achievement 

[seekers-whoarelovers-deactivate]

isnt that kinda the whole point of buddhism

[mallcore]

This post is slowly killing me

[richparkerwashere]

@benparkeris

[scykedelic]

[lesbianshepard]

the older i get the more i can understand why people back in the old fairytale days would just fuck off and be a hermit in the woods. just chilling out in the middle of nowhere and occasionally telling random heroes cryptic shit. living the fucking dream.

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF: “Don’t give a fuck about what people think, but give a fuck about people.” –Taliesin Jaffe

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF: “You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.” –Neil Gaiman (Ginnie Hempstock: The Ocean at the End of the Lane)

[thegoodvybe]

[leia-organa]

Keanu Reeves Plays With Puppies While Answering Fan Questions

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[rawhoneybliss]

I'mma say this one time…

You can be full of love and light and still have bad days.

[gaydad-mpls-deactivated20230430]