Saturday, March 28, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
Carl Jung: Acceptance of Oneself
The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. That I feed the hungry, that I forgive an insult, that I love my enemy in the name of Christ -- all these are undoubtedly great virtues. What I do unto the least of my brethren, that I do unto Christ. But what if I should discover that the least among them all, the poorest of all the beggars, the most impudent of all the offenders, the very enemy himself -- that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness -- that I myself am the enemy who must be loved -- what then? As a rule, the Christian's attitude is then reversed; there is no longer any question of love or long-suffering; we say to the brother within us "Raca," and condemn and rage against ourselves. We hide it from the world; we refuse to admit ever having met this least among the lowly in ourselves.
Fred Rogers: My Heroes
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We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility.
It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world,
not my problem." Then there are those who see the need
and respond. I consider those people my heroes.
- Fred Rogers
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tara Brach: Don't Turn Away
The poet Rumi saw clearly the relationship between
our wounds and our awakening. He counseled, “Don’t turn away.
Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.”
Tara Brach: When We Walk Through the Gateway of Truth
When we walk through the gateway of truth, we start by recognizing what's real and intending to accept it. Accepting what is does not mean passive resignation; it is a courageous engagement with the reality of our experience. We might not like what we discover, but we can hold it in compassionate presence.
- Tara Brach, True Refuge: Find Peace and Freedom
In Your Own Awakened Heart
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
John O'Donohue: To Walk Hand In Hand With Beauty
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There is a relentless search for the factual and this quest often lacks warmth or reverence. At a certain stage in our life we may wake up to the urgency of life, how short it is. Then the quest for truth becomes the ultimate project. We can often forage for years in the empty fields of self-analysis and self-improvement and sacrifice much of our real substance for specks of cold, lonesome factual truth. The wisdom of the tradition reminds us that if we choose to journey on the path of truth, it then becomes a sacred duty to walk hand in hand with beauty.
Fred Rogers: Caring For the Children
Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life
is a hero to me.
― Fred Rogers
The Dalai Lama: Choose Kindness
We can let the circumstances of our lives
harden us so that we become increasingly resentful
and afraid, or we can let them soften us,
and make us kinder.
You always have the choice.
- Dalai Lama
Monday, March 23, 2015
John O'Donohue: The Beauty That Emerges From Woundedness
The beauty that emerges from woundedness is a beauty infused with feeling; a beauty different from the beauty of landscape and the cold perfect form. This is a beauty that has suffered its way through the ache of desolation until the words or music emerged to equal the hunger and desperation at its heart. It must also be said that not all woundedness succeeds in finding its way through to beauty of form. Most woundedness remains hidden, lost inside forgotten silence. Indeed, in every life there is some wound that continues to weep secretly, even after years of attempted healing. Where woundedness can be refined into beauty a wonderful transfiguration takes place.
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