And so my message is, simply, you are blessed because you are. You can be joyful because you are. You have a reason here because you are here.
Whenever anyone tells you that authority resides outside of yourself, do not believe him. When anyone tells you, or the world tells you, that your joy resides outside of you, do not believe them or the world. Your salvation does not depend upon another. You have never lost your soul. You are your souls. You are your souls in flesh.
…honor your bodies. Your bodies are your souls in flesh. Do them honor… In your reality, the body is the garment that the soul wears. And they are wedded as a man and wife is wedded - they are one. Seth (via nirvikalpa)
Whenever anyone tells you that authority resides outside of yourself, do not believe him. When anyone tells you, or the world tells you, that your joy resides outside of you, do not believe them or the world. Your salvation does not depend upon another. You have never lost your soul. You are your souls. You are your souls in flesh.
…honor your bodies. Your bodies are your souls in flesh. Do them honor… In your reality, the body is the garment that the soul wears. And they are wedded as a man and wife is wedded - they are one. Seth (via nirvikalpa)
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I actually attack the concept of happiness. I don’t mind people being happy - but the idea that everything we do is part of the pursuit of happiness seems to me a really dangerous idea and has led to a contemporary disease in Western society, which is fear of sadness. It’s a really odd thing that we’re now seeing people saying ‘write down 3 things that made you happy today before you go to sleep’, and ‘cheer up’ and ‘happiness is our birthright’ and so on. We’re kind of teaching our kids that happiness is the default position - it’s rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much. Everyone says we grow through pain and then as soon as they experience pain they say ‘Quick! Move on! Cheer up!’ I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word ‘happiness’ and to replace it with the word ‘wholeness’. Ask yourself ‘is this contributing to my wholeness?’ and if you’re having a bad day, it is.
Hugh Mackay, psychologist and social researcher (via deltafuryunleashed)
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Be kind to your sleeping heart.
Take it out in the vast field of light
And let it breathe. Hafiz (via nirvikalpa)
Take it out in the vast field of light
And let it breathe. Hafiz (via nirvikalpa)
The next time you feel you have to defend something about yourself, ask yourself, why am I feeling I must defend this? Be willing to let your heart and wisdom smile upon people, sending them your love and acceptance. Do not feel you must say anything. Be who you are. Do not try to be perfect all the time. Those of you who are willing to be vulnerable will find more love coming to you.
(Orin)
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The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
Lucretia Mott (via lucifelle)
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I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (via lonehands)
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