Weekly Words of Wisdom

[Riverwind]

"Seldom does a lying-down wolf get the lamb, or a sleeping man victory."

Havamál.

[Riverwind]

Told this one to my 16 year old, and he immediately picked up on where I was going with it, gave me exactly the answer I wanted.

[Summerhawk]

And with the runes, tarot you've drawn lately, Dad....

[Riverwind]

Yeah, I know.

[Summerhawk]

"Let go the past,” the Buddha said, “let go the future, and let go what is in between, transcending the things of time. With your mind free in every direction, you will not return to birth and aging.”

The Buddha

[Summerhawk]

"Comparing good and bad is just deluded thinking. As long as you are immersed in these wandering thoughts, you will not enter the proper conditions for practice."

--Ch'an Master Sheng Yen's advice for those practitioners caught in the sticky web of judgments and comparisons

[Summerhawk]

"If you only had an hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would it be to, what would you say.... and why are you waiting?"

-- Stephan Levine, Buddhist author, activist and thinker

'Nuff said.

[Summerhawk]

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[Summerhawk]

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

~ Albert Einstein

[Summerhawk]

"When we feel impatient with our relationships, our work, or our spiritual practice, we need to realize that we are resisting how things are. A sense of humor and curiosity about our lives can also help us confront impatience."

~ Michele McDonald

[Summerhawk]

With the realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
According to my own experience, self-confidence is very important.
That sort of confidence is not a blind one;
it is an awareness of one's own potential.
On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities
and reducing the negative qualities

- H.H. Dalai Lama

[Summerhawk]

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive."

-- American theologian Howard Thurman

[Summerhawk]

"Change takes but an instant. resistance to change can last a lifetime."

-- Hebrew Proverb