Be Your Truth

"Remember who you are doing this work for and why. You're willing to do whatever it takes to evolve and become the clear and loving person you were born into this world to be. This is why you are on this path - to dissolve the illusion, mend the wounds, and be your truth. Don't ever forget that.
When the fear comes, remember that you chose this. You are brave - that is your gift - but so is introspection, which is a cousin of self-doubt. Only you can choose which of these gifts you want to feed and when."


"The world is full of unknowns, but the one thing you can determine amid it all is how you are going to relate to yourself.
Never forget that you are your own strongest ally."

One insular Tahiti

“Consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return!”

Herman Melville in Moby Dick, or The Whale

Surrender it the Only Way Forward

"Death is a change, a process that is necessary to life. Those who live in the Western world have demonised it out of fear and ignorance. They believe there is something to be afraid of after death. But what is it? What is God? He is life itself. So they stay away from death, and by doing so they also stay away from life."

"One thing we are guaranteed in this life is that there will be an end to our physical incarnation. Surrender is the only way forward. Surrender to the impermanence of this body, the impermanence of this emotion we are feeling right now, and the impermanence of any challenge we will ever face."

in The Sacred Science: An Ancient Healing Path for the Modern World by Nick Polizzi

Musical Thing

"We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played."

Alan Watts

Flower of Life

"Maggie said love was the flower of life and blossomed unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it was found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration."

D.H. Lawrence

Faz de Conta

"Faz de conta que sou abelha.
– Eu serei a flor mais bela.

– Faz de conta que sou cardo.
– Eu serei somente orvalho.

– Faz de conta que sou potro.
– Eu serei sombra em agosto.

– Faz de conta que sou choupo.
– Eu serei pássaro louco, pássaro voando

e voando sobre ti vezes sem conta.

– Faz de conta, faz de conta."

Eugénio de Andrade

The Only Possession

"You will see many things tonight, some pleasant and some not so pleasant. My advice to you is to assume a comfortable position, focus on your breathing, and try to be still.
Proceed through the next eight hours with an open heart, an open mind, like a child does, with no attachment whatsoever to what you witness, good or bad. You will most likely feel some disturbing emotions, visions, and thoughts; don't push them away. Let them pass by, simply observing without connecting any meaning.
You also may experience some beautiful sensations and imagery. The same principle applies to these. Do not reach for them or attach any significance. Simply notice. Envision yourself as a young child, sitting on the bank of a river, watching as leaves, branches, flowers, insects, and maybe some fish float and swim past you. The child simply watches, without injecting any ego or inner assessment into these passer-by.

Stay present with all that you experience. Focus on your breathing in times of difficulty, and try not to resist or cling to what you are about to see. You are everything. You are nothing. In this way, you can fully experience Grandma and go deeper with her."

(...)

"Put the strongest man or woman out in the cold for a few moments, and they become overwhelmed with an urge to tense up, as though that will somehow keep the cold out. But if you can do the unthinkable and let the sensation flow into and through you - observing it without emotion or fear, letting it pass - your reality is transformed."

As he speaks, the bitting cold that is assaulting me from every angle begins to transform into something different.
Information.
A natural self-scanning mechanism begins, showing me where I'm blocked, where I need to let go.

"Your body knows what it needs to maintain equilibrium. Don't let your mind get in the way."

(...)

Just keep focusing on your breath. The breath is the only possession that we need in life.


The Sacred Science: an Ancient Healing Path for the Modern World by Nick Polizzi