[henryclervals]

we’re almost in the ‘20s and dadaism is thriving, europe’s in a shambles, everyone is broke and the right wing is on the rise so i guess we really don’t learn a goddamn thing huh

[moonisneveralone]

This is really the post I was looking for

[amut]

[quotemadness]

You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.

Catherynne M. Valente (via quotemadness)

[philosophybits]

If the ability to tell right from wrong should turn out to have anything to do with the ability to think, then we must be able to “demand” its exercise from every sane person, no matter how erudite or ignorant, intelligent or stupid, he may happen to be.

Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind (via philosophybits)

[mesogeios]

<i>Middlemarch by George Eliot </i>

[suspend]

WHY AM I GETTING TURNED ON BY THAT

me every single time (via suspend)

[deeplifequotes]

I don’t want perfection, but I do expect effort.

(via deeplifequotes)

[gonetowonderlandd-deactivated20]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

The best kind of people are the ones in your life who help you see the sun where once you just saw clouds, the people who believe in you and help your see your worth so you start to believe that you are valuable, as well.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[thecalminside]

“Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.”

Tara Brach

[quotemadness]

Rawness is so attractive, because so much is being filtered nowadays.

Scottie Waves (via quotemadness)

[ms-porcelain]

My idea of a perfect date is to hunt together for second hand books

[lazyyogi]

If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all.

Yogi Bhajan (via lazyyogi)

[quotemadness]

Go on adventures, fall asleep in the woods with friends, wander around the city at night, sit in a coffee shop on your own, write on bathroom stalls, leave notes in library books, dress up for yourself, give to others, smile a lot.

Emery Allen (via quotemadness)

[leaveful]

[melisica]

Marco Giusfredi

[lazyyogi]

The Joy of Detachment

Detachment is an often advised quality to cultivate on the spiritual way. But this advice is frequently misunderstood as remaining cold, aloof, and indifferent toward life. It is anything but.

Real detachment may be recognized by the arising of joy. Detachment, happiness, and contentment are one and the same.

Suppose you really love strawberries and currently have a massive craving for strawberries. It just so happens that you discover a fresh and beautiful carton of these berries in your refrigerator. So you sit down and savor them, one by one.

Someone comes and offers you chocolate, soda, popcorn, all sorts of snacks. But you don’t feel any desire toward any of that because you are so filled with your enjoyment of the strawberries. That is like true detachment.

But that detachment doesn’t come because of strawberries, or anything for that matter. It comes when you discover that your happiness, your peace, your joy, are nothing else but your Self and it is found nowhere else but within.

Then detachment naturally happens toward the transient play of this world and body. It doesn’t mean that you have distain for them or aloofness or rejection. It simply indicates that you are no longer seeking the right things in the wrong places.

In your own company, before mind, body, and ego, shines the company of all beings as the Self; One without a second. Therein is always peace, freedom, and happiness.

This doesn’t mean that you don’t have compassion and love toward the people you meet and the events in life, but you do not depend on them for any form of happiness. Then you can really enjoy what comes since there is no element of need or insecurity involved.

Practice detachment. Remind yourself that all of this need not be taken as the end all be all of existence. Go within, practice meditation and mindfulness throughout your day. Discover the joy that is your awareness endlessly beholding itself.

Then detachment is found to be a blessing beyond all blessings.

Namaste, sangha.