“Stop all delays, all seeking and all striving. Put down your concepts, ideas and beliefs. For one instant be still and directly encounter the silent unknown core of your being. In that instant Freedom will embrace you and reveal the Awakening that you are.” StillsIdeasBeliefConceptsEmbraceSilentStriveSeekingAwakeningCoreInstantEncountersDelay Author:Adyashanti
“And at this moment in history, our core value happens to be the raw, aching truth of the human predicament. It may also be the only belief that can save us as a species. A species that will continue to find comfort and delight in the companionship of animals, the miracle of birds, the colours of the corals and the majesty of the forests. We are in it together, on this blue spinning marble in the cold and silent void. And we must act on that belief, if we are going to be able to continue to live a good life here, in this beautiful and fragile country, on this lovely planet, our only home.” IfsHumansMayCountryMomentsHomeHappensAbleTogetherBeautifulValuesBeliefAnimalEnvironmentPlanetsColdComfortBirdMiracleBlueSilentSpeciesDelightCoreLovelyForestsColourGood LifeFragileVoidCompanionshipMajestySpinningMarbleCore ValuesPredicaments Author:Geraldine Brooks
“my belief in the sacrament of the Eucharist is simple: without touch, God is a monologue, an idea, a philosophy; he must touch and be touched, the tongue on flesh, and that touch is the result of the monologues, the idea, the philosophies which led to faith; but in the instant of the touch there is no place for thinking, for talking; the silent touch affirms all that, and goes deeper: it affirms the mysteries of love and mortality.” ThinkingIdeasPhilosophyBeliefSimpleResultsTalkingMysterySilentDeeperTongueFleshInstantTouchedMortalitySacramentsEucharistMonologuesMystery Of Love Book:Broken Vessels: Essays Source: Broken Vessels: Essays