Hi.
Excellent idea Timeless.
"There is only one thing faster than the speed of light,
and that is the speed of doubt." - 'Sandman'. 'Good News Week'.]
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life. Through a difficult period you can learn, you can develop inner strength, determination and courage to face the problems." - The Dalai Lama.
Got heaps more if you want them. LOL
Love always.
"He who writes about himself in his own time, writes about all men in all times." I am not sure who said it but I love this one.
Also there is my all-time favorite quote, "To know that you know nothing, makes you wise." Again I am not sure who said it.
Tayesin, I would love to hear what other ones you have.
When I attended the Zen Center of Los Angeles, I always liked the vows said during each session of zazen:
The many beings are numberless,
I vow to save them;
greed, hatred, and ignorance rise endlessly,
I vow to abandon them;
Dharma gates are countless,
I vow to wake to them;
Buddha's way is unsurpassed,
I vow to embody it fully.
(nice topic, timeless)
"When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow - you are not understanding yourself" - Bruce Lee
Do or do not, there is no try - Yoda[:)]
Excellent Kojie!
"We are energetic probes created by the Universe, and it's because we are possessors of energy that has awareness, that we are the means by which the Universe becomes aware of itself." - the Yacqui Sorceror, Don Juan Matus.
Love always.
Here are a couple of quotes from a book I just read, The Kybalion:
"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
"Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law."
Very best,
^ I disagree with that quote Nick. Cause and effect only apply to places that time exists, which does not include everywhere.
I've been know to quote myself so why break the good tradition [8D]
"Tomorrow today is yesterday"
2cents & L&L
jouni
Hi Again.
Here are two quotes of mine, following on from Jilola's lead.
"Time is only relative to having a perception of it."
"Because the Universe is huge and complicated, what we do to know our place in it has to be Simple."
Love always.
The George Simmel quote in my sig. I got that from the The Yaqui Way of Knowledge book by Carlos Casteneda. It's in the first few pages somewhere.
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Forgetting oneself is no different than forgetting a friend"
-ME
I don't know any fancy Zen poetry as some of you people do, but I know my own truths and this is one of them.
Can you honestly say that any friend you ever lost contact with wasn't a loss to your personality? If you never even considered their loss, they weren't your friend in the first place :-D
"Your allies in life are Me, Myself, and I, THEN YOUR FRIENDS"
"People are stupid, trust noone until they give you a reason to do so"
"Do or do not, there is no try"
--This one deserves a second posting
"No action or justification comes without responsibility"
--This is why religion is stupid. You pull the handle to an electric chair, you are the killer, no one else, but everyone involved is responsible. This makes religion self defeating because nobody morally takes responsibility for their actions in the afterlife according to our modern society.
ALl of these come from me except for the Yoda one. They aren't ina poetic style and not hard to understand. Try it for yourself, easy as pie, interesting to read, and it will show you the truth along with others that you want to know it.
[:D]
This may not be a spiritual quote.... but a quote to all about all newbies interested in OBE and astral travel....
"Just Do it!" -Nike
My two personal favorite quotes are both from Bruce Lee.
"Be like the nature of water."
and
"Consiousness of self is the greatest hinderance to all physical actions."
Ok, mine is a little bit longer than others..
Dying to the Vehicle
today I dis-identify with my body and identify with that
which is timeless, infinite and eternal. My body is the vehicle through which the spirit is made flesh. All of my body is contained within my mind, but all of my mind is not contained within my body. I am more than mere flesh--I am light and devine energy, a piece of eternity. When I know that I am more than my body, that my body is the vehicle through which soul is made manifest, then I can become a channel of transcendent, divine, God energy.
Joseph Cambell.
I found a book in the basement today and opened it up and this is the page that found me.
Nay. [;)]
What can I say Timeless. YEp.
2cents & L&L
jouni
Here's one more from
The Kybalion, a great little book on Hermetic Philosophy:
quote:
We are all on the Path - and the road leads upward ever, with frequent resting places.
Very best,
Some fragments from me.
The propensity of belonging to oneself is an essential state, befitting ones nature, in order to achieve completeness.
Love is like a towel in the desert.
I woke up this morning and caught the left side of my face smilng and the right side laughing at the left.
If all is unreal, then nothing is real, which means the real is not. But if the real is, and the unreal is not, a riddle is all that you've got.
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And by others;
Those who think the unreal is, and think the real is not, they shall never reach the truth, lost in the path of wrong thought.- Buddha.
Love laughs at all locksmiths - Unknown.
The kingdom of God is within you. - Jesus.
The Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath. - Jesus.
a good one is this,
"excrement happens"
It sums up life. The thing that seperates people in life is how you deal with different kinds of excrement.
quote:
Originally posted by Lysear
a good one is this,
"excrement happens"
It sums up life. The thing that seperates people in life is how you deal with different kinds of excrement.
Taoism: excrement happens.....
Confucianism: Confucius says excrement happens.....
Hinduism: This excrement has happened before......
Buddhism: If excrement happens, is it really excrement?.....
Zen: What is the sound of excrement happening?..... ..
Catholicism: If excrement happens, you deserved it......
Protestantism: excrement only happens to others......
Judaism: Why does this excrement always happen to us?....
Islam: excrement happening is Allah's Will.......
Rastafarianism: Let's smoke this excrement.....
Agnosticism: What is this excrement?......
Atheism: I don't believe this excrement......
<< Also there is my all-time favorite quote, "To know that you know nothing, makes you wise." Again I am not sure who said it. >>
said Link`s Shadow - Aristotel said that
Nice one McArthur :) I`m gonna use them
Thawon
"If a dog barks at you, do you bark back?" - "Freedom of Choice"
If you cannot see the bottom of a well it is not always becourse it is very deep, often it just aint clear.
"Love yourself and you will be loved"
Aesthetics should be the only religion; poetry and dance should be the only prayer. To be creative should be the only way to God, because he is the creator; the moment you create, you are full of him.
from Osho
Are we humans having spiritual experiences or spirits having human experiences?
"Tolerant, but not stupid! Look, just because you have to tolerate something doesn't mean you have to approve of it! ..."Tolerate" means you're just putting up with it! You tolerate a crying child sitting next to you on the airplane or, or you tolerate a bad cold. It can still tinkle you off!" - Mr. Garrison
"Three things are certain. You where born, you now live and you will die.This is a natural cycle and happens wether you are prepared for it or not." - Richard Van Donk
In time you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul. Maintain your self esteem, take and receive love freely and you'll be forever free to dream. Love like you have never been hurt and dance like no ones watching for life is to0 short to have a heart bound by pain.
If you planted hope today in any hopeless heart
If someone's burden was lighter because you did your part,
If you caused a laugh that chased some tears away
If tonight your name is named when someone kneels to pray
Then your day has been well spent.
What you can become, you are already. - Friedrich Hebbel
God gives every bird his food, but He does not throw it into the nest. - Josiah Gilbert Holland
Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. - George Bernard Shaw
The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep. - Woody Allen
Happiness is like a kiss - in order to get any good out of it you have to give it to somebody else. - Unknown
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. - St. Francis of Sales
If you're going through Hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill
Everything in this book may be wrong. - last words in the 'Messiah's Handbook' in the novel "Illusions" by Richard Bach.
Follow the master
Walk with the master
Talk to the master
See through the master
Become the master
- Zen Poem -
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
Mahatma Ghandi
THIS is not here...
god wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!
You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
Ferris Beuller said, "Any 'ism' in my opinion is not a good thing".
Not exactly a quote from a religious source, but it's relevant nonetheless. Any "ism" (ie; catholicism, judaism, communism, socialism) ALWAYS consist mainly of vocal fanatics and stubborn "dead enders" not open to new ideas....(or frightened little sheep afraid of what they don't understand)
Always keep an open mind, never lock yourself into a concretized belief system and expect to progress spiritually.
Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Light.
Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Light.
Allanon
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Thank you for that excellent contribution allanon, its the part right after that that I really DON'T like!
PS so is Allah, Buddha and Shiva!
Douglas
quote:
PS so is Allah, Buddha and Shiva!
Allah is the face of a demon perpetuated by Muhamed a mortal man who led a life of murder and wife abuse.
Buddha is dead in his grave and told his followers to "work out your own salvation.".
Shiva is an idol and never had life to begin with.
Jesus Christ is the Way, Truth, and the Light and ressurected from the dead.
Remember this when you hear the final trumpet.
Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Chrsit is Lord.
My two favourite occult proverbs:
1) A little knowledge is dangerous (cf Allanon!)
2) To realise that you know nothing is the beginning of wisdom (everyone else!)
Two other lines I like, not really occult proverbs as such, just two good quotes which surely belong together:
1) The mind is like a parachute; it does'nt work if it's not open!
2) It's good to have an open mind; but not so open that your brains fall out!
Douglas
One of my favorite verses from the Word of God
1. 1 Corinthians 13
Love
1If I speak in the tongues[1] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[2] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love
I don't know if this counts but:
"The soul is about to take flight; do not grieve".
"For the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
Albus Dumbledore
The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen nor touched
but are felt in the heart
Helen Keller
"Religions are different roads converging upon the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal?"
- Mahatma Ghandi (my Favorite)
Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
And now on a lighter note:
Rufus: You know what the dead do with most of their time? They watch the living. Especially in the shower. Jay: I can't wait to die.
Dogma
*Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted all of the time and have the time of your life. (Tom Waits)
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. A. Whitney Brown
Bart: "Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ."
Bart: "There's no such thing as a soul. It's just something they made up to scare kids, like the boogeyman or Michael Jackson."
Bart: "What if you're a really good person, but you get into a really, really bad fight and your leg gets gangrene and it has to be amputated. Will it be waiting for you in heaven?"
God bless those pagans. --Homer Simpson
Ahhh, The Simpsons, Good Times! good times...[;)]
I think one of my fav's was...
"The strength of a hero is not measured by the size of his arms, but by the devotion in his heart."
"Men are afraid to forget their minds, fearing to fall through the Void with nothing to stay their fall. They do not know that the Void is not really void, but the realm of the real dharma."
[Please note dharma means "the way things are." This may seem overly vague, until you understand that the word "dharma" has been used to imply "the laws of nature" or "that which sustains the universe."]
A quote from Zen Master Huang Po
Outwitted
He drew a circle that shut me out -
Herectic rebel a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win,
We drew a circle that took him in... Edwin Markham
Imagine you did that for each and every soul and thing you met.