“Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksRealityLyingAwarenessWalkingSittingStandingEmptyOneselfLiberationDelusionLying Down Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“Zen says: be empty. Look without any idea. Look into the nature of things but with no idea, with no prejudice, with no presupposition.” LooksIdeasEmptyPrejudiceNo Idea Author:Rajneesh
“At first it seems as if begoing follows becoming. But look even closer and you will see that there are only flashes of lightning illuminating the empty sky.” IfsFirstsLooksSeemsJourneySkyBecomingEmptyFlashLightningIlluminating Author:Adyashanti
“If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.” IfsLooksSeemsEmptyRageEmptiness Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” IfsMenGivingLooksWhiteMoneyHellSocietyEmptyBottomSuperiorsConvincePocketsBlack PeopleSuperiorityLowestPresidencyWhite ManConvincingNoticing Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.” PeopleLooksStoriesFeelingsHappensPastImaginationMemoriesMy OwnFireHappenedAirStageEventsActivityEvidenceEmptyPerformancesTheaterPhotographerPhotographAtmosphereVisualsAnticipationMy ImaginationAnalogiesPersonal ExperiencesFingerprintsEmpty Stage Author:Michael Kenna
“Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is no duality, no observer, and nothing observed. Simply rest in this transparent, nondual present awareness. Make yourself at home in the natural state of pure presence, just being, not doing anything in particular.” LooksStatesHomeNaturalAwarenessParticularPureEmptyNakedJust BeingSuperficialObserversTransparentDualityRipple Author:Jamgon Kongtrul