“Life is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art. The art of sacred living means being a holy actor, acting from the soul rather than the ego. The soul is out of space and time and hence always available, an ever-present potential of our being. It is up to each of us to celebrate and to actualize our being and to turn each meal, conversation, outfit, letter, and so on, into art. Every mundane activity is an opportunity for full authentic self-expression. The soul is our artistic self, our capacity for transforming every dimension of our lives into art and theater.” MeanArtSoulSelfLife IsTurnsActorsOpportunitySpaceActingOur LivesExpressionHolyActivityConversationEgoCapacityLettersTheaterSacredAvailableCelebrateArtisticMealsDimensionsTime And SpaceTransformingMundaneSelf ExpressionAuthentic SelfArt LifeSacred Art Author:Gabrielle Roth
“The word which can never die on this earth, for it is the heart of it and the meaning and the glory. The sacred word: EGO.” HeartSelfEarthDiesEgoGlorySacred Book:Anthem Source: Anthem
“And here, over the portals of my fort, I shall cut in the stone the word which is to be my beacon and my banner. The word which will not die should we all perish in battle. The word which can never die on this earth, for it is the heart of it and the meaning and the glory. The sacred word: EGO” ShouldHeartEarthDiesCuttingBattleEgoGloryStonesSacredBannerPortalBeaconsForts Book:Anthem Source: Anthem
“Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It dethrones the ego from the center of our lives and puts others there, breaking down the carapace of the selfishness that holds us back from an experience of the sacred. And it gives us ecstasy, broadening our perspectives and giving us a larger, enhanced vision.” GivingMeanHas BeensFoundCompassionVisionOur LivesPerspectiveEgoEnlightenmentSacredSelfishnessEcstasyBreaking DownGreat Faith Book:The Spiral Staircase Source: The Spiral Staircase
“On the much revered family of North American mythology - and a metaphor for the Ruling Alliance: Sacred family! .... The supposed home of all the virtues, where innocent children are tortured into their first falsehoods, where wills are broken by parental tyranny, and self-respect smothered by crowded, jostling egos.” FirstsChildrenSelfHomeVirtueDemocracyBrokenEgoElectionSacredMetaphorMythologyTyrannyInnocentSelf RespectCynicalFalsehoodRulingCrowdedAlliancesParentalInnocent Children Author:August Strindberg
“When we make our art a practice, when we make our workspace sacred and enter it daily with respect and high intention, then we elevate our actions (even if they're taking place within the profane arena of commerce) beyond ego and above gimme-gimme ambition.” IfsArtActionPracticeEgoAmbitionSacredIntentionCommerceArenaOur ActionsProfaneWorkspace Author:Steven Pressfield
“Desire, liberated from its ties to the ego, realizes that it has no other aspiration than the fullness of Mahamudra and, as it sees in the same impulse that this plenitude is innate and limitless, it no longer aspires to any realization whatsoever. There is no longer anything but intimate vibration, continuous sacred tremoring, and the absence of localization in time and space.” DesireRealizingSpaceEgoSacredAbsenceRealizationImpulseTiesIntimateAspirationAspireTime And SpaceInnateLimitlessFullnessVibrationsLiberatedPlenitude Author:Daniel Odier
“Despite what you've been conditioned to believe, sexual desire is sacred and virtuous. When you and your beloved merge physically and emotionally, you go beyond the boundaries of the ego and experience timelessness, naturalness, playfulness and defenselessness .” BelieveDesireEgoSacredBoundariesDespiteBelovedVirtuousTimelessnessPlayfulnessSexual Desire Author:Deepak Chopra