The Magic of the Cities.
Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer
Showing posts with label Autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autumn. Show all posts
Monday, December 21, 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
Autumn Leaves
Monday, November 10, 2014
A Foggy Day
“The
seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust
under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even
the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse
of truth.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth
― Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth
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“I'm
simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I'm saying that you can get rid
of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple witness
of your thought processes.
It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher.
And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.
That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.”
― Osho
It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher.
And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.
That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.”
― Osho
Friday, October 17, 2014
Autumn Prelude
"Clouds
of insects danced and buzzed in the golden autumn
light, and the air was full of the piping of the song-birds. Long,
glinting dragonflies shot across the path, or hung
tremulous with gauzy wings and gleaming bodies."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
light, and the air was full of the piping of the song-birds. Long,
glinting dragonflies shot across the path, or hung
tremulous with gauzy wings and gleaming bodies."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Wild
is the music of autumnal winds amongst the faded woods."
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
"How
beautifully leaves grow old.
How full of light and color are their last days."
John Burroughs
How full of light and color are their last days."
John Burroughs
Monday, September 29, 2014
Circle
“On
a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening”
― Matsuo Bashō
― Matsuo Bashō
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Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
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