The Advantage of Birds!
“There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.”
–Robert Staughton Lynd (American Sociologist, 1892-1970)
Life Transcending Logic
“. . . on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.”
–Robert Gordis (American Jewish Scholar, and, from 1940-1992, Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1908-1992)
Readiness to Seek the Eternal
“He is ready to seek the Eternal who has discernment and dispassion; who has restfulness and the other graces.”
–Shankara (a.k.a. Adi Shankaracharya, Indian Sage, Spiritual Teacher and Author of the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination, Dates Uncertain, but c. A.D. 686-718 or 788-821)
Uniting and Complementing Each Other
“What is required is that we unite with others, in order that all may complement and aid one another through holding together.”
–Richard Wilhelm (German Sinologist, Theologian and Missionary, 1873-1930)
“The I Ching or Book of Changes” (Princeton University Press)
Genuine Human Potential
“We all have potentials beyond those we are now using and perhaps others of which we are even unaware; humanity and the environment are a single system; we can improve how we treat ourselves and our surroundings; humanity CAN change for the better.”
–Peter Russell (English-born Futurologist and Writer, 1946-)
“The Global Brain: Speculation on the Evolutionary Leap to Planetary Consciousness” (Peter Russell)
Empty Yourself and Let the Divine Come Through
“Unite yourself to the cosmos, and the thought of transcendence will disappear. Transcendence belongs to the profane world. When all trace of transcendence vanishes, the true person ‐ the Divine Being ‐ is manifest. Empty yourself and let the Divine function.”
–Morihei Ueshiba (Japanese Martial Artist and Founder of Aikido, 1883-1969)
Follow Your Light
“Follow the light where it leads, and do not underestimate the possibilities and resources in this human life that each one of us has been privileged to be given.”
–Huston Smith (Chinese-born American Religious Studies Scholar and Emeritus Professor at Syracuse University, 1919-)
“The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred” (Phil Cousineau)
Love and Creativity
“Love mediated by the senses is the wellspring of creative power, of what is coming into being. Without sense-born love, nothing material would exist in the world; without spiritual love, nothing spiritual can arise in evolution. When we practice love, cultivate love, creative forces pour into the world….”
–Rudolf Steiner (Croatian-born Austrian Mystic, Occultist, Social Philosopher, Architect and Founder of Anthroposophy, 1861-1925)
Adding to Our Experience
“From infancy every forgotten day and hour has added to our experiences, to our growth and capacity, made its contribution to the mind and soul.”
–W. Macneile Dixon (British Author, Gifford Lecturer from 1935-1937 and, from 1904-1935, Regius Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow, 1866-1946)
Quoted in:
“Reincarnation: Phoenix Fire Mystery” (Joseph Head, Sylvia Cranston)
A Different Reality
An extraordinarily interesting piece from an interview in Psychology Today in 1990:
“It isn’t that the world of appearances is wrong; it isn’t that there aren’t objects out there, at one level of reality. It’s that if you penetrate through and look at the universe with a holographic system, you arrive at a different view, a different reality. And that other reality can explain things that have hitherto remained inexplicable scientifically: paranormal phenomena, synchronicities, the apparently meaningful coincidence of events.”
–Karl Pribram (Austrian-born American Neuroscientist, 1919-)
