“Tantra is the perception of the oneness and the perfection of all things. Not just the perception of light, but the perception of darkness, seeing God in both beauty and horror.” LightDarknessSeeingHorrorPerceptionAll ThingsPerfectionOnenessHinduismTantra Author:Frederick Lenz
“At times the truth shines so brilliantly that we perceive it as clear as day. Our nature and habit then draw a veil over our perception, and we return to a darkness almost as dense as before. We are like those who, though beholding frequent flashes of lightning, still find themselves in the thickest darkness of the night.” StillsNightDarknessClearReturnHabitPerceptionDrawsShiningPerceiveFlashLightningVeilsDense Book:Guide for the perplexed Source: Guide for the perplexed
“There are things of such darkness and horror—just, I suppose, as there are things of such great beauty—that they will not fit through the puny human doors of perception.” HumansDarknessDoorsFitHorrorPerceptionDoors Of Perception Book:Skeleton Crew Source: Skeleton Crew
“Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.” FirstsMayLightEyeSpiritVisionDarknessSeeingEffectsPerceptionAweDarkness Within Author:Caspar David Friedrich
“The choice to follow love through to its completion is the choice to seek completion within ourselves. The point at which we shut down on others is the point at which we shut down on life. We heal as we heal others, and we heal others by extending our perceptions past their weaknesses. Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who that person is. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is. Forgiving others is the only way to forgive ourselves, and forgiveness is our greatest need.” KnowsWayNeedsPersonsPastChoicesLove IsDarknessPerceptionWeaknessForgivingHealForgivenCompletionExtendingForgiving Others Author:Marianne Williamson
“These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness.” IdeasRealityWould BeJusticeDarknessPerceptionConnectionsAccuratePerception Reality Author:Dave Sim
“The current perception I get from the evening news is that the world is dominated by human failure, crime, catastrophe, corruption, and tragedy. We are all tuning in to see how the human mind is evolving, but the media keeps hammering home the opposite, that the human mind is mired in darkness and folly.” WorldMindHumansHomeDarknessMediaCrimeFailurePerceptionNewsOppositesTragedyCurrentsCorruptionEveningEvolveFollyHuman MindCatastropheTuning Author:Deepak Chopra