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The Dalai Lama on Health

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:24:31 +0000

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present: the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

Jung on the Shadow

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:22:59 +0000

"The real existence of an enemy upon whom one can foist off everything evil is an enormous relief to one's conscience. You can then at least say, without hesitation, who the devil is; you are quite certain that the cause of your misfortune is outside, and not in your own attitude." -Carl Jung

Plato on Doctors

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:19:22 +0000

"The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated." -Plato

How to Serve the World

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:17:36 +0000

"We serve the world by finding out what feeds us, and, having been fed, then share our gifts with others." -James Hollis, from What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life

We Occupy a Space of Our Own Creation

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:38:11 +0000

"We occupy a space of our own creation--a collage compounded by bits and pieces of actuality arranged into a design determined by our internal perceptions, our hopes, our fears, our memories, and our anticipations." -Willard Gaylin, writer

A Person Becomes Most Human

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:42:22 +0000

A person becomes most human, often against his own will, when he begins to founder, when he is derailed or deprived of order. -from the movie, I Served the King of New England

The Power of the Image

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 12:51:21 +0000

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. -Henry Miller

Jung on Writing

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:53:31 +0000

It has become a necessity for me to write down my early memories. If I neglect to do so for a single day, unpleasant physical symptoms immediately follow. As soon as I set to work they vanish and my head feels perfectly clear.... Something within me has been touched. A gradient has formed, and I must write. -Carl Jung, from Memories, Dreams, and Reflections

The World Will Freely Offer Itself

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:41:24 +0000

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. -Franz Kafka

I Don’t Teach Writing

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:37:50 +0000

I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach life. The odd thing is most of the things that stop an inexperienced writer are so far from the truth as to be nearly beside the point. When you feel global doubt about your talent, that is your talent. People who have no talent don't have any doubt. -Richard Bausch, from Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between