Quotes About Introspection

Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?

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1 Ensayo sobre las ventajas de dormir solo* * Nota del Editor: El autor decidió dejar en blanco este capítulo.

The yogic scriptures paint a picture of perfection, and perfection can be your aim, but I can tell you sad stories about myself and others who have entered into a state of premature holiness with unpleasant consequences.

Whether one is remaining alert (mindfulness), focusing on a single thought or phrase (mantra), or mentally exploring ones inner world (visualization), all are one form of concentration or another.

What is it about spirituality that doesn't resonate with our core value of being rational? What makes it so difficult for us to maintain our level-headed (and slightly jaded) mindset while being spiritual at the same time?

The trans-rational spiritual approach is a simple concept with wide-ranging practical implications. There are three major components involved: (1) not denying rationality, (2) pursuing the experience of a peaceful internal state, and (3) allowing that inner peace to guide behavior.

Now you stride alone through the Paris crowds Busses in bellowing herds roll by Anguish clutches your throat As if you would never again be loved In the old days you would have turned monk With shame you catch yourself praying And jeer your laughter crackles like hellfire Its sparks gild the depths of your life Which like a painting in a dark museum You approach sometimes to peer at closely

We mean to explore kindness and its enormous silences.

One day One day I waited for myself I said to myself Guillaume it's time you came So I could know just who I am I who know others

I hibernated in my past.

My Autumn eternal O my spiritual season

Your life is a painting in a dark museum and sometimes you examine it closely

Un jour Un jour je m'attendais moi-même Je me disais Guillaume il est temps que tu viennes Pour que je sache enfin celui-là que je suis Moi qui connais les autres - CORTÈGE -

Et maintenant / Tu me ressembles tu me ressembles malheureusement

When you decide to hit rock bottom, humiliation is part of the deal.

He'd somehow lived a detached life, more Like a spectator than a participant in his own existence.

Postoje retki trenuci u životu kada se vrata otvaraju i život vam nudi susret koji niste o?ekivali. Susret sa srodnim bi?em, koje vas prihvata onakvim kakvi jeste, u celosti, koje naslu?uje i razume vaše protivre?nosti, vaše strahove, ose?anja, bes, bujicu mra?nih misli koje vam se motaju po glavi. Bi?em koje vas smiruje. Onim koje vam pruža ogledalo, a vi se ne plašite da se pogledate u njemu.

Et si nous étions tous à la poursuite de quelque chose que nous possédons déjà?

C'est plus facile de se détruire à petit feu que d'avoir le courage de se remettre en cause.

Iubirea înseamn? ca tu s? fii pentru mine cu?itul cu care scormonesc înl?untrul meu. A

Ng??i ta ch? t? do khi ? m?t mình-Authur SCHOPENHAUER

Kada se gledaš u ogledalu i želiš da ga razbiješ, nije ogledalo to što treba da bude slomljeno, nego si ti taj, koji treba da se promeni. ~ Nepoznat autor ~

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