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“Once you start dropping thoughts, the dust that you have collected in the past, the flame arises - clean, clear, alive, young. Your whole life becomes a flame, and a flame without any smoke. That is what awareness is.”

Whole Past Young Clear Alive Awareness Clean Whole Life Arise Dust Burning Smoke Flames Dropping

Author:Rajneesh

“Alas, why does my mind have to walk through the dust of the past every day?”

Mind Doe Past Walks Dust Alas

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The busy chatter of the heat Shrilled like a parakeet; And shuddering at the noonday light The dust lay dead and white As powder on a mummy's face, Or fawned with simian grace Round booths with many a hard bright toy And wooden brittle joy: The cap and bells of Time the Clown That, jangling, whistled down Young cherubs hidden in the guise Of every bird that flies; And star-bright masks for youth to wear, Lest any dream that fare Bright pilgrim past our ken, should see Hints of Reality.”

Source: The canticle of the rose: poems: 1917-1949

“Who can ever be alone for a moment in Italy? Every stone has a voice, every grain of dust seems instinct with spirit from the Past, every step recalls some line, some legend of long-neglected lore.”

Long Moments Seems Past Spirit Voice Lines Steps Stones Instinct Dust Legends Grain Recalls Neglected Every Step

Book:At home and abroad

Source: At home and abroad

“The past is like a handful of dust. It filters through your fingers, disappearing little by little. I wish, for one day, I could go back. In another life I would do things differently.”

Littles Past Wish One Day Fingers Disappear Dust Handful Filters Another Life

Author:Katy Perry

“Where the past is venerated the clean and those who clean things up should be kept out. Piety is never happy without a little dust, dirt, and rubbish.”

Should Littles Past Clean Dust Reverence Dirt Piety Rubbish

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Our checks are pale. Our wallets are invalids. Past due, past due, is what our bills are saying and yet we kiss in every corner, scuffing the dust and the cat. Love rises like bread as we go bust.”

Past Kissing Cat Bills Affection Corners Dues Checks Bread Dust Pale Wallets Cat Love

Book:Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories

Source: Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories