A Literary Point Of View

“There are no ordinary moments.” 📸

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DTLA 2024

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Istanbul, Turkey 2021

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Kathmandu, Nepal 2023

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RVA 2024

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LA Movement 2024

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Tokyo 2024

[entheognosis]

It is very important to go out alone, to sit under a tree—not with a book, not with a companion, but by yourself—and observe the falling of a leaf, hear the lapping of the water, the fishermen’s song, watch the flight of a bird, and of your own thoughts as they chase each other across the space of your mind. If you are able to be alone and watch these things, then you will discover extraordinary riches which no government can tax, no human agency can corrupt, and which can never be destroyed.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

[entheognosis]

“Mid-life crisis is what happens when you climb to the top of the ladder and discover it’s against the wrong wall.”

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Joseph Campbell  

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[letgoness]

Your efforts to seek contentment are of little use. Like unwinding a watch spring, it's best to relax into a natural, uncomplicated state. Whatever happens, happens, it's all an unfathomable play. Relinquish the crazed notion that you actually can control it. Just do what you need to do and enjoy the parade.

Ramesh Balsekar

[entheognosis]

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

[entheognosis]

Do not think that the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice non-attachment from your views in order to be open to receive other's viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times.

Thich Nhat Hanh

[entheognosis]

There is no security

in following the call to adventure.

Nothing is exciting

if you know

what the outcome is going to be.

To refuse the call

means stagnation.

What you don't experience positively

you will experience negatively.

You enter the forest

at the darkest point,

where there is no path.

Joseph Campbell

[radical-revolution]

One famous Zen master actually described spiritual practice as “one mistake after another,” which is to say, one opportunity after another to learn. It is from “difficulties, mistakes, and errors” that we actually learn. To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others—we are at ease with the difficulties of life.

Jack Kornfield, A Path With Heart

[entheognosis]

[entheognosis]

I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed. The more I look at a thing, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I want to see. It is like peeling an onion. There is always another layer, and another, and another. And each layer is more beautiful than the last. This is the way I look at the world. I don't see it as a collection of objects, but as a vast and mysterious organism. I see the beauty in the smallest things, and I find wonder in the most ordinary events. I am always looking for the hidden meaning, the secret message. I am always trying to understand the mystery of life. I know that I will never understand everything, but that doesn't stop me from trying. I am content to live in the mystery, to be surrounded by the unknown. I am content to be a seeker, a pilgrim, a traveler on the road to nowhere.

Henry Miller

[entheognosis]

The knowledge of the heart is in no book and is not to be found in the mouth of any teacher, but grows out of you like the green seed from the dark earth. Carl Jung

Twilight Garden

by Cristina McAllister

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Ernie Barnes  |  The Sugar Shack

“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.” ― Alan Watts