“Never invite any kind of spirit to enter either your home or your person. This is an extremely important point to remember. To do so always risks to unwittingly invite evil spirits in, instead. Good spirits never need to be invited in.” SpiritualSpiritualityHouseMagicMythologyGhostsDemonsFolkloreSpirits Book:The New Homeowner's Guide to House Spirits Source: The New Homeowner's Guide to House Spirits
“The world suddenly opened up, and she was coming to new realizations and a greater awareness, concerning the nature of reality, and the world, which her mortal mind had previously been unable to conceive. She smiled her radiant goddess smile and began to laugh. Her omnipresent peals of mirth resonated through the forest, seeming to echo to the edges of the universe and back. She was getting her first glimpses of the world, seen through the eyes of a goddess; the first sweet tastes of a consciousness empowered beyond all human levels of comprehension, and her spirit was in exultant bliss.” SpiritSpiritualityUniverseConsciousnessAwarenessDivineEnlightenmentEmpowermentBlissImmortalGoddessEmpoweredMortalExultant Book:Forgotten Lore: Volume II Source: Forgotten Lore: Volume II
“In our modern world, we look unkindly on mistakes and imperfection. But this is far from the samurai ideal. Mistakes are part of the learning process and if you haven't made them then you are, indeed, dangerous because it means you have never learned anything. Mistakes, to a samurai, are the proof of your learning.” SpiritualityLearningFailureMistakesWarriorJapanWarriorsSamurai Book:Instruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai Source: Instruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai