No one departs out of life otherwise than if he had but just before entered into it.... We should always, as near as we can, be booted and spurred, and ready to go.
Michel de Montaigne
Showing posts with label contemplation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contemplation. Show all posts
Friday, August 18, 2017
Monday, May 23, 2016
As we move up our space/time-line, what will be has been, what has been remains, now is just now.
An errant thought.
An errant thought.
Labels:
awareness,
being,
contemplation,
existence,
life,
reality,
reflection,
time
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Every technology will alienate you from some part of your life. That is its job. Your job is to notice.
Michael Harris, as quoted by The Economist (August 16, 2014)
Michael Harris, as quoted by The Economist (August 16, 2014)
Labels:
awareness,
civilization,
contemplation,
discernment,
future,
intellect,
internet,
modernity,
smart phones,
technology
Friday, August 08, 2014
Mammalian minds evolved to track external dangers and opportunities.... Only humans acquired an ability to focus solely on internal thoughts.... [But] people go to surprisingly great lengths to avoid being stranded with their own thoughts.
Science News, People Find Solitude Distressing
Science News, People Find Solitude Distressing
Labels:
awareness,
consciousness,
contemplation,
evolution,
humans,
thinking
Monday, March 10, 2014
It doesn't have to be understood to be real.
Peter Lanza
Peter Lanza
Labels:
belief,
blues,
contemplation,
existence,
insight,
life,
misfortune,
reality
Sunday, July 21, 2013
To Evening
You set me and my thoughts a-wandering
along the path to the eternal void; and then
this wretched time flees, and with it
the throng of woes afflicting it and me;
and while I behold your peacefulness, that warlike
spirit that rages within me sleeps.
From "Alla sera" by Ugo Foscolo, translated by Allen Shearer, seen on a Metro bus
along the path to the eternal void; and then
this wretched time flees, and with it
the throng of woes afflicting it and me;
and while I behold your peacefulness, that warlike
spirit that rages within me sleeps.
From "Alla sera" by Ugo Foscolo, translated by Allen Shearer, seen on a Metro bus
Labels:
being,
consciousness,
contemplation,
evening,
existence,
life,
melancholy,
pensier,
poetry,
rage,
reality,
thinking,
time,
understanding,
wisdom
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
When done for reasons other than competition, physical exercise ... can be a simultaneous act of peaceful prayer (talking to God) and deep meditation (listening to God), allowing me the space to ask without using words while listening to answers that I know already exist: an inner guidance of divinity achieved through outer exertion.
Romano Scaturro, 50@50
Romano Scaturro, 50@50
Labels:
biking,
consciousness,
contemplation,
conversation,
sagacity,
soul,
thought,
understanding,
zen
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