“Zen, like life, defies exact definition, but its essence is the experience, moment by moment, of our own existence -- a natural, spontaneous encounter, unclouded by the suppositions and expectations that come between us and reality. It is, if you like, a paring down of life until we see it as it really is, free from our illusions; it is merely a divestment of ourselves until we recognize our own true nature.” IfsMomentsRealityNaturalExistenceIllusionExpectationsEssenceDefinitionsEncountersSpontaneousTrue NatureSuppositionZen Like Author:David Fontana
“All natural results are spontaneous. The diamond sparkles without effort, and the flowers open impulsively beneath the summer rain. And true religion is a spontaneous thing,--as natural as it is to weep, to love, or to rejoice.” ReligionNaturalResultsEffortFlowerSummerRainRejoiceDiamondSpontaneousSparkleTrue ReligionSummer Rain Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we tend to develop certain trains of thought. If we feel sad or angry, still others. But suppose, with training, we become nonattached to distractions and learn to dampen these wild, emotional swings on either side of equanimity. Then we can enter that serene awareness which is the natural soil for positive, spontaneous personal growth, often called spiritual growth.” IfsThinkingFeelsStillsSpiritualCertainSidesGrowthNaturalSimpleAttitudeLearningSadnessAwarenessEmotionalShapesApproachTrainingAngryTrainPersonal GrowthDetermineHappyMoodPerceiveSoilSpiritual GrowthDistractionSwingsSpontaneousPremisesSereneEquanimityTrain Of Thought Book:Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness Source: Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness
“I love photo shoots where I can be like a pinup, not myself. Where I can be feminine, glamorous, dark not like in real life. I hate it when you go in and they want you to be 'natural,' to be yourself. I just hate it. I love having fun. When they ask you to smile, I hate it. Of course I smile in my real life, but to do it on cue, that's not spontaneous. I'd rather do something that's like a little movie, like a little story, rather than just me, I feel naked.” WantFeelsLittlesI CanRealStoriesHateCoursesAsksFunNaturalDarkI HateReal LifeNakedHaving FunBeing YourselfFeminineSpontaneousGlamorousI SmilePhoto ShootsPinup Author:Eva Green
“The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit fix the limits of right and wrong.” RunningLawNaturalEvolutionHabitLimitsConstantAssumptionSpontaneous Book:The Nature of the Judicial Process Source: The Nature of the Judicial Process