[doxologee]

They must find it difficult...Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority.

-G. Massey, Egyptologist

[letgoness]

Like a child clinging to toys you cling to your desires, fear, opinions and ideas. Give it up and take a stand in the real.

Nisargadatta Maharaj

[doxologee]

To think that working on oneself requires “dropping-out” of society is to miss the point. Certainly you must drop out . . . but the drop-out is internal, not external. One drops out of one’s attachments; one drops out of one’s identification with the illusion of separateness.

-Ram Dass

[doxologee]

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4: 6-9

[letgoness]

As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner.

Rumi

[dark-light-knight]

Aleksandr Kosteckij. Conversation with the Gods

[aspiritualwarriors-deactivated2]

The central problem is not that you think to highly of yourself nor is it that you think too lowly instead, it is that you think constantly of yourself.

— Wu Hsin

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

“External circumstances we cannot change; we have to take them as they are and change inwardly in these circumstances.”

— Ouspensky

[julesofnature]

“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” ~ George Santayana

[doxologee]

End the delusion of time. Time and mind are inseparable. Remove time from the mind and it stops -- unless you choose to use it.

-Eckhart Tolle

Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time.

-Meister Eckhart

[doxologee]

Past and future veil God from our sight; Burn up both of them by fire.

-Rumi

[doxologee]

You believe that you are your mind. This is the delusion. The instrument has taken you over.

Just because you can solve a crossword puzzle or build an atom bomb doesn't mean that you use your mind. Just as dogs love to chew bones, the mind loves to get its teeth into problems. That's why it does crossword puzzles and builds atom bombs. You have no interest in either. Let me ask you this: can you be free of your mind whenever you want to? Have you found the "off" button?

-Eckhart Tolle

[apologiesiwishiknewbetter-deact]

The danger of disconnecting from your emotions is that it can lead to a host of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual issues. Such issues may include dysfunctional coping mechanisms (obsessive compulsions), mild to severe depression, spiritual emptiness, inability to enjoy life, inability to form close and fulfilling relationships, disconnection from inner self, confusion, irritability, fatigue, addictions, chronic illnesses, and somatic illnesses (illnesses produced by the mind).

In extreme cases (and I’m talking about situations where emotional contact is nil), emotional numbness can lead to acts of cruelty.

- Aletheia Luna 

[apologiesiwishiknewbetter-deact]

“A person will always interpret everything he hears according to the light which dominates his heart.”

— Imam Al Ghazali (via eaudelune)

[freelance-philosopher]

“Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breath forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.”

— Søren Kierkegaard

[eatmangoesnekkid]

“The system needs us to be weak so that we can be controlled and led. Porn, alcohol, drugs, gambling, social media, junk food, medicine, etc… has never been easier to access and all the big company’s have experts trying their best to get us hooked. Devote and discipline yourself. Do not take the easy route by trying to numb out any emotion. Feel what needs to be felt. And when you are ready, alchemize it.”

— India Ame’ye, Author

[funeral]

The Qabalah describes the universe as divided into four separate “Worlds”. The first is Atziluth, the Archetypal World, the world of Pure Spirit which activates all of the other worlds which evolve from it. The second world is Briah, the Creative World, the level of pure intellect. The third is Yetzirah, called the Formative World because here are found the subtle and fleeting patterns behind matter. The final World is Assiah, the active world containing both the physical world of sensation and the unseen energies of matter.

Robert Wang, The Qabalistic Tarot: A Textbook of Mystical Philosophy