Art Therapy & Yoga

"I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don't know already. All i can do is remind you of what you have forgotten." Eckhart Tolle

[parkstepp]

With awareness, reality shifts. We’re able to see that being alive is its own purpose, and that everything we do while we live is an expression of our art. How we think, converse, and behave determines the quality of this art. We are life, but we’ve been perceiving from the mind’s point of view for so long that it’s difficult to see beyond it. The mind denies its separateness when it says, “I feel good,” or “I feel bad.” Realistically, the mind doesn’t feel; the body does. The mind tells a story about guilt, anger, or even embarrassment, and the body pays the consequences. Ruiz, Don Miguel; The Toltec Art of Life and Death: A Story of Discovery

(via parkstepp)

[purplebuddhaproject]

The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger.

Dalai Lama (via purplebuddhaproject)

[stardust-seedling]

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Byron Katie (via stardust-seedling)

[fyp-psychology]

Happiness doesn’t come from getting what you want. It doesn’t come from within, either. Happiness comes from *between*–from finding the right relationship between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between yourself and something larger than yourself.

Jonathan Haidt (via fyp-psychology)

[purplebuddhaproject]

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Alan Watts (via purplebuddhaproject)

[stardust-seedling]

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

Eckhart Tolle (via stardust-seedling)

[purplebuddhaproject]

[purplebuddhaproject]

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Rumi (via purplebuddhaproject)

[sacredfemininegypsyheart-deacti]

So here we sit in our humanness, in our grumpiness, in our glory, in our sexiness, in our dirty dishes, in our exhaustion, in our irritation and in our genius. Gradually we begin to see that the way life shows up is not an error or a deviation, or something that we should quickly overcome so we can get back to our lives or even back to our spiritual path. The Goddess reveals that all of this is it, all of this is holy. There is nothing we need to get rid of. Everything is included on the path.

Chameli Ardagh (via sacredfemininegypsyheart)

[purplebuddhaproject]

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[thecalminside]

Am I saying, “Enjoy this moment. Be happy”? No. Allow the “suchness” of this moment. That’s enough.

Eckhart Tolle (via thecalminside)

[purplebuddhaproject]

When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.

Frederick Buechner  (via purplebuddhaproject)

[purplebuddhaproject]

[purplebuddhaproject]

“But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.

Mitch Albom (via purplebuddhaproject)

[purplebuddhaproject]

[michellekpoems]

I treat myself like I would my daughter. I brush her hair, wash her laundry, tuck her in goodnight. Most importantly, I feed her. I do not punish her. I do not berate her, leave tears staining her face. I do not leave her alone. I know she deserves more. I know I deserve more.

Michelle K., I Know I Deserve More. (via weltenwellen)