"The Best Things In Life Aren't Things"

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow."

"Live your life and forget your age."

"How old would you be if you didn'y know how old you are?"

"Good Vibrations With Positive Intonations Make Us A Sacred Nation."


"Thoughts become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny."


"The great tragedy in life is not that people die, but that they
cease to love."

"Live and Learn. But also learn to live."

HOW TO BE A BETTER YOU....
"The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances." Atisha.
"If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion." Lin-Chi.
"Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I vow to cultivate compassion and learn ways to protect lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.” Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh.
"When the mind begins to become still, we then begin to truly see it. When you first try to stabilize and pacify the mind, initially it will become very busy because it’s not accustomed to being still. In fact, it doesn’t even necessarily want to become still, but it is essential to get a hold of the mind to recognize its nature. This practice is extremely important. ... Eventually you will find yourself in a state where your mind is clear and open all the time. It is just like when the clouds are removed from the sky and the sun can clearly be seen, shining all the time. This is coming close to the state of liberation, liberation from all traces of suffering. ... The truth of this practice is universal. It isn’t necessary to call it a religion to practice it. Whether one is a Hindu or a Moslem or a Christian or a Buddhist simply doesn’t matter. Anyone can practice this because this is the nature of the mind, the nature of everyone’s mind. If you can get a handle on your mind, and pacify it in this way, you will definitely experience these results, and you will see them in your daily life situation. There is no need to put this into any kind of category, any kind of "ism." Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche

LIFE
My Life. Your Life. Our lives. Yeah, the connections are there. In Spirit and our souls. We all desire that which all our souls desire. Unity through community. A peace. A love. A oneness that goes beyond all religious dogma.
At Earth Dance there was the prayer for peace. Part of which is “....through our diversity we celebrate our unity. Which only tells me we are all the same through our minds, bodies, and hearts.
Oh but what a challenge to go beyond the chemicals that influence our emotions! Our prejudices and preconceptions. To see that there is sooo much more. If only to let our higher selves be our guide. To be “Awake”. To be alive. To LIVE! To be able to see that living is to live in balance with the natural world and to exist out of balance is to invite in the law of Karma.....but then you all know that.

EXISTENCE
So when you put aside all your individual preconceptions of what you have been taught. Religions and philosophies. And take a look at the greater whole of the world and the universe, of existence. To set aside your egos....to realize that understanding is everything. With that understanding comes wisdom. And with that wisdom comes love, compassion, and the strength to be firm in dealing with life's challenges....all in balance.....and when you find your mate in life that has a similar view....who will love you beyond the flesh to the soul.....everything else is just material.......but always love your friends.