You made it weird with Peter Holmes
When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You are too this, or I’m too this.’ That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.—Ram Dass
A storm blew thru my neighborhood last night. Trees paid dearly. This road was clear yesterday. And probably will be again by the end of the day.
You become the God you worship. -Richard Rohr
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“We have recreated God in our own image and make him uphold (our world view).” -
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“Try seeing Christ in everybody. No exceptions. And treating them as such.”