something more than a sparkle.

"All I know is that I know nothing."

[hieromonkcharbel-deactivated202]

A man who sits in stillness and receives experience of God’s kindness has little need of persuasive argument, and his soul is not sick with the disease of unbelief, like those who are doubtful of the truth. For the testimony of his own understanding is sufficient to persuade him above endless words having no experience behind them. To our God be glory and majesty unto the ages. Amen.

St Isaac the Syrian

[mirroir]

“You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. Caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is nothing to be ashamed of. There is something breathtakingly beautiful in the moments of smaller magic that occur when you strip down and are honest with those who are important to you. Let that girl know that she inspires you. Tell your mother you love her in front of your friends. Express, express, express. Open yourself up, do not harden yourself to the world, and be bold in who, and how, you love. There is courage in that.”

— Biance Sparacino (How To Ruin Your Life Without Even Noticing That You Are)

[spider-woman]

Lily James as Young Donna in Mamma Mia! Here we go again

[thisgreatbalancingact]

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Calvin Coolidge (via thisgreatbalancingact)

[untrustyou]

[fatimamononoke]

There’s something about the smiles of people who have been through a lot of hardships in life.

[the-red-lotus-blog-deactivated2]

Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives. But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better. In fact, you want more! It’s true that many people around you now may think you are weird or even a danger to society, but you don’t care. Once you’ve tasted the truth, you won’t ever want to go back to being ignorant.

Socrates (via the-red-lotus-blog)

[novice-at-play]

Find me here waiting beneath trees of red and gold, filled with dreams for us. ~Nicole Taylor, Writing Under Stars

[illuminatizeitgeist]

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.“

~ Albert Einstein

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

‪A man always wishes to begin with something big. But this is impossible; there can be no choice, we must begin with the things of today.‬

Gurdjieff (via thatwhichdoesnotsuffer)

[contemplativecrossings]

When nondual perspective blinds one from the realities of dualism, the view is not yet complete. When dualistic realities preclude one’s knowing of nonduality, the view is not yet complete.

Fr. J. Richard Paszkiewicz (via contemplativecrossings)

[die-rosastrasse]

Heinrich August Georg Schiøtt

Danish, 1823-1895

Portrait of sisters Malvina Ann Louise and Hilda Sophie Charlotte Reventlow (details)

[starsunderneath]

گفته بودم چوبیایی غم دل با تو بگویم چه بگویم که غم از دل برود چون تو بیایی I had said that when you arrive I will tell you all my heart’s sorrows, but how can I say that now, for all sadness leaves my heart when you arrive.

سعدی

Sa’di

(via ilvshka)

[midnightshine]

[hieromonkcharbel-deactivated202]

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

The spiritual path is essentially a practical path. It is only the spirit – disencumbered and depersonalized – that can undertake the spiritual journey. The inner man, the soul in man, has to rise above body-consciousness before it can traverse into higher consciousness or the consciousness of the cosmos and of the beyond.

Kirpal Singh (via thatwhichdoesnotsuffer)

[saras-scrapbook]