“I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don't know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it's just not going to happen, is it?” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsShouldBelieveKindMeanI CanHappensFormTreeBuddhismEgoSuspectsRetreatBecause I CanZen Buddhism Author:Kate Atkinson
“The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.” ThinkingMorningTreeFineEgoRootsFlourishingSprouts Author:Ramakrishna
“When you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no fruit to offer, remains erect. But when the tree is laden with fruit, it bends down. If you are all pride and ego, then nobody will be able to get anything worthwhile from you. When you have genuine humility, it is a sign that you have something to offer to mankind.” IfsWorldAbleTreeMankindHumilityPrideOffersEgoRemainsFruitHumbleGenuineWorthwhile Book:The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace Source: The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace
“Souls love. That’s what souls do. Egos don’t, but souls do. Become a soul, look around, and you’ll be amazed-all the beings around you are souls. Be one, see one. When many people have this heart connection, then we will know that we are all one, we human beings all over the planet. We will be one. One love. And don’t leave out the animals, and trees, and clouds, and galaxies-it’s all one. It’s one energy.” PeopleKnowsHumansLooksHeartSoulEnergyHuman BeingsAnimalTreePlanetsEgoConnectionsCloudsAmazedGalaxyOne Love Book:Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart Source: Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart
“Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own. When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.” WisdomSpiritualSpiritualityTreeGreatnessHumilityFlowerEgoLowsFruitPetals Author:Ramakrishna
“We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we attribute responsibility to - we say "I", "I" did this because "I" wanted to, because "I" am a good person or because "I" am a bad person. The loop is the fact that we represent our selves, our desires, hopes, dreads and dreams: it is the way in which we conceive of ourselves, rather than the way we conceive of Mount Everest or of a tree. And I say it exists entirely in the loop: the self is an hallucination hallucinated by an hallucination.” WayPersonsSelfFactsDreamWantedDesireResponsibilityTreeEgoWho We AreAttributesDreadGood PersonVery DeepLoopsHallucinationsEverestMount Everest Author:Douglas Hofstadter
“This is what I mean by becoming religious: no guilt, no ego, no trip of any kind...just being herenow...being with the trees and the birds and the rivers and the mountains and the stars.” KindMeanStarsReligiousTreeBecomingMountainEgoBirdRiversGuiltCelebrationJust Being Author:Rajneesh