Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others. Not respecting anyone, he ceases to love.

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky -

 

No object of desire 

 

is worth your peace. 

- Papaji -

"I said to the sun, “Tell me about the big bang.” 

The sun said, “It hurts to become." 

- Andrea Gibson -

 http://anatomy-of-recovery.tumblr.com/post/16083296808/i-said-to-the-sun-tell-me-about-the-big-bang

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty:  

to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, 

more and more peace, 

and to reflect it towards others.  

And the more peace there is in us, 

the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.

- Etty Hillesum -

Reflectie

http://www.nationalgeographic.nl/fotografie/foto/reflectie-2-5

Pain is not a punishment; 

 

pleasure is not a reward.

 

 

  -  Pema Chödrön - When Things Fall Apart

“If we can really understand the problem, 

the answer will come out of it, 

because the answer is not separate from the problem”

 

 Jiddu Krishnamurti

http://easyouth.blogspot.be/2012/11/lessons-learned-in-life.html

“Develop the quiet, even state of mind.
When praised by some and condemned by others,
free the mind from hate and pride,
and gently go your way in peace.”

 The Heart of a Buddha

"Everyone has it in them to express themselves that fundamental thing that they know they are inside. That rather beautiful afraid person. Which might get translated into aggression, or silence, or shyness, or all kinds of other things. But inside we know that we are huggable and lovable, and we want to love and be loved. That person is yearning for fulfillment. To be the person they know they can be and that's a constant journey; that's a process."

 - Stephen Fry -

 http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/fry-a-day/page/1238

One way to prevent yourself 

from going through a considerable amount of useless pain 

is to see the truth of the following:

judging others doesn't change how much they disturb you; 

it serves only to distract you 

from seeing

just how little it actually takes to set you off.

- Guy Finley - 

 http://www.guyfinley.org

Wanneer we, op de pijnlijke plekken waar we gekwetst zijn en waar we ons hebben teruggetrokken, niet in staat zijn te vergeven, blijven we slachtoffer van het verleden. 

Alleen door liefdevol te zijn naar zowel onze kwet­singen als onze ouders, kunnen we ons daad­werkelijk verzoenen met ons leven. 

De kernvraag is hier: willen wij liefdevol zijn waar de wereld niet liefdevol was?

- Paula van Lammeren, Rianne van Rijsewijk - 

Geïnspireerd leven en werken

http://considerthishippie.tumblr.com/post/44108836544

Elke keer dat men werkelijk aandacht schenkt

breekt men een stukje kwaad af

in zichzelf.

- Simone Weil - Frans filosofe 1909-1943

 www.citaten.net 

http://observando.net/post/44006023593

This is a moment of suffering
Suffering is a part of life
May I be kind to myself
May I accept myself as I am

- Christopher Germer - 

 http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/2010/06/why-accepting-pain-may-heal-you-an-interview-with-christopher-germer-ph-d/

Ram Dass interviews Thich Nhat Hanh

 

Bedankt Frieda !

Soms, een enkele keer...

Soms, een enkele keer,
met heel veel moeite en voornamelijk toevallig,
lukt het iemand
om met beide armen zijn verdriet te omvatten.
Hij tilt het op
Laat de deur niet op slot zijn nu..
Hij duwt hem open met zijn knie
en loopt met grote breedsporige passen naar buiten.
Kijk uit! roept hij
want het verdriet is zo groot dat hij er niet overheen kan kijken,
en doorzichtig is het nooit.
Ver weg, in een sloot of op een drassige plek
onder populieren
of achter een scheve schutting tussen autobanden,
speelgoed, resten van een vuur,
gooit hij het neer
en fluitend loopt hij terug naar huis.


Toon Tellegen,
Uit "Als wij vlammen waren",
Querido Amsterdam 1996

http://www.poezie-leestafel.info

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/lessons%20learned%20in%20life

 "If you could imagine the most incredible story ever, it would be less incredible than the story of being here. And the ironic thing is that story is not a story, it is true.
It takes us so long to see where we are. It takes us even longer to see who we are. This is why the greatest gift you could ever dream is a gift that you can only receive from one person. And that person is you yourself. Therefore, the most subversive invitation you could ever accept is the invitation to awaken to who you are and where you have landed. Plato said in The Symposium that one of the greatest privileges of a human life is to become midwife to the birth of the soul in another.
When your soul awakens, you begin to truly inherit your life. You leave the kingdom of fake surfaces, repetitive talk and weary roles and slip deeper into the true adventure of who you are and who you are called to become.
The greatest friend of the soul is the unknown. Yet we are afraid of the unknown because it lies outside our vision and our control. We avoid it or quell it by filtering it through our protective barriers of domestication and control. The normal way never leads home."

- John O’Donohue -The Question Holds the Lantern -

 http://www.onbeing.org/program/inner-landscape-beauty/203

http://observando.net/page/6

http://www.denieuweboekerij.nl/hoe-als-je-je-kussensloop-plint