Family Dynamics

"Remembered that when it comes to family dynamics, I can be right or I can be happy, and being right is overrated." ~ Lisa Borgnes

Thoughts Rule The World

"Great are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Leap of Faith?

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success." - Henry David Thoreau

Karma

Karma means that whatever we do, with our bodies, speech, or minds, will have a corresponding result. Each action, even the smallest, is pregnant with its consequences. It is said by the masters that even a little poison can cause death, and even a tiny seed can become a huge tree. And as Buddha said: “Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.”

Although the results of our actions may not have matured yet, they will inevitably ripen, given the right conditions. Usually we forget what we do, and it is only long afterward that the results catch up with us. By then we are unable to connect them with their causes. “Imagine an eagle,” says Jikmé Lingpa.” It is flying, high in the sky. It casts no shadow. Nothing shows that it is there. Then suddenly it spies its prey, dives, and swoops to the ground. And as it drops, its menacing shadow appears.”

Albert Einstein stated:

"A human being is part of the whole we call the universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical illlusion of his consciousness. This illusion is a prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for only the few people nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison, by widening our circle of compassion, to embrace all living beings and all of nature."

Buddha...

.... said attachment to ego-craving / desire / thirst leads to
suffering / dissatisfaction / mental agitation

The higher purpose to what comes

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
~ Paulo Coelho

Intuition

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." ~ Einstein

Plan B

The most successful people are those who are good at plan B. ~ James Yorke

In the pursuit of truth

"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led."
~Thomas Jefferson (1812)