All Posts Tagged ‘wisdom quotes’

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Shorties…

April 17, 2016
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Foolish people eat unhealthy foods and swallow foolish thoughts.  The wise man is beyond such indelicacies.

True meditation is beyond will and methods.  You can’t, in a mental framework of conditioning, make meditation happen any more than you can make God come to you in enlightenment.

Profound awareness goes beyond the separation between the perceiver and the images perceived.

Except for moments of pristine insight, every thought (including the thought of “I”) is a conditioned response reaction.

Perception merely through the mental screen of learned and absorbed thoughts and images isn’t really much perception at all.

Most think way more than they feel.  It is best the other way around!

The historical Christ was killed because he didn’t follow hierarchical orthodoxy… and now, many hundreds of years later, orthodoxy claims him as their own.

The purpose of life is not merely to feel good but to make a meaningful difference in this world.

How can you be free and perceptive if you are behind the gilded cage bars made of rigid beliefs and fabrications?

Nothing you can accumulate in your lifetime is worth the price of your integrity.

Reaching Still. (1) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2016

Reaching Still. (1) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2016

Reaching Still. (2) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2016

Reaching Still. (2) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2016

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Space and time are one…

November 11, 2014
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A requisite attribute of time is distance.  A requisite attribute of thinking that you are separate from others is time.

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[The Ailanthus Webworm Moth thrives from spring through fall.  The caterpillars of the Ailanthus Webworm Moth spin loose cocoons low on the host plant.  There is one generation per year.]

Ailanthus Webworm Moth, eats foliage of deciduous trees and shrubs. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

Ailanthus Webworm Moth, eats foliage of deciduous trees and shrubs. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

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Deviate from the norm…

November 11, 2014
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To question everything wisely and intelligently… is to deviate from the norm.

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[This Honey Locust Tree is protecting itself well with an array of spiked thorns.   Honey Locust Tree thorns are thought to have evolved to protect the trees from browsing Pleistocene (i.e., Ice Age) mega-fauna.  The name derives from the sweet taste of the legume pulp, which was used for food by Native American people, and can also be fermented to make beer.]

Honey Locust Tree protecting itself! Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

Honey Locust Tree protecting itself! Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

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Even one little drop of deep, heartfelt love can conquer vast darkness and begin to warm this planet!

August 25, 2014
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Even one little drop of deep, heartfelt love can conquer vast darkness and begin to warm this planet!

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[Raindrop on a flower petal which holds the illuminating heart of love. (No special techniques were used to alter the natural imagery of this photograph.)]

Heartfelt drop of passion. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

Heartfelt drop of passion. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

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To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee…

July 11, 2014
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To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,

One clover, and a bee.

And revery.

The revery alone will do,

If bees are few.                                                                            

                                            — Emily Dickinson

 

 

A clover and one bee (and revery). Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

A clover and one bee (and revery). Photo by Thomas Peace 2014


					

	


			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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Don’t be indifferent and shirk away from the responsibility of helping others.  The pain of compassionate work is beauty!

		

			
June 27, 2014

							

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.      Don’t be indifferent and shirk away from the responsibility of helping others.  The pain of compassionate work is beauty! 


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Mr. Conehead out for a stroll!  (Coneheaded katydid, Eastern Sword-bearer Katydid) Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Mr. Conehead out for a stroll! (Coneheaded katydid, Eastern Sword-bearer Katydid) Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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Unfurling elephant, abstract seahorse, or expanding  image that is not truly separate from what the present observer’s fern-like consciousness greenly consists of?

		

			
June 21, 2014

							

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.      Unfurling elephant, abstract seahorse, or expanding  image that is not truly separate from what the present observer’s fern-like consciousness greenly consists of?


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What U C is What U R!  Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
What U C is What U R! Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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It’s easy to imitate others and to copy… and be so-called “normal”!  However, to really question things and to truly think is not easy nor…

		

			
June 18, 2014

							

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.      It’s easy to imitate others and to copy… and be so-called “normal”!  However, to really question things and to truly think is not easy nor often admired, but it’s the only way to “be”! . .    


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.   (That everlasting “long and winding road” is time.)   


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.     “The Long And Winding Road”                                              — The Beatles


.      The long and winding road that leads to your door


.      Will never disappear


.      I’ve seen that road before; it always leads me here


.      Leads me to your door


For a diminutive insect, it's:  The Long and Winding Road...  Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
For a diminutive insect, it’s: The Long and Winding Road… Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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Instead of the usual crass revolution of violent disruption, war, and disharmony, why can’t there be a magical revolution of affection/love?

		

			
June 15, 2014

							

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.      Instead of the usual crass revolution of violent disruption, war, and disharmony, why can’t there be a magical revolution of affection/love?


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We were around before the time of the dinosaurs!  Blue Dasher Dragonfly ... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
We were around before the time of the dinosaurs! Blue Dasher Dragonfly … photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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So many have (and “are”) ideas/concepts of God or no Gods. Go beyond mere concepts and intelligently inquire (for yourself)!

		

			
June 11, 2014

							

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.      So many have (and “are”) ideas/concepts of God or no Gods. Go beyond mere concepts and intelligently inquire (for yourself)! 


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Beyond words...Lyretail Anthias ... Pseudanthias squamipinnis (females are golden yellow without the elongated first dorsal ray) ... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Beyond words…Lyretail Anthias … Pseudanthias squamipinnis (females are golden yellow without the elongated first dorsal ray) … photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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The teacher is the teaching; the criminal is the crime; the nurse is the healing; the woodpecker is the wood pecking; the arthropod is the…

		

			
June 5, 2014

							

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.      The teacher is the teaching; the criminal is the crime; the nurse is the healing; the woodpecker is the wood pecking; the arthropod is the blossoming.  


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Be open minded... not just closed!  Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Be open minded… not just closed! Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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Multi-Photo:  The placid lake reflected his motionless mind… and the two, together, were one and the same.

		

			
June 3, 2014

							

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.      The placid lake reflected his motionless mind… and the two, together, were one and the same. 


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The stillness can sometimes reflect the whole!  Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
The stillness can sometimes reflect the whole! Photo by Thomas Peace 2014


Water Striders ... insects that walk and "skate" on water! ... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Water Striders … insects that walk and “skate” on water! … photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				

			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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Goo goo g’joob; i am the eggman; they are the eggmen…

		

			
May 25, 2014

							

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.      i am he


.      as you are he


.      as you are me


.      and we are all together


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.      — John Lennon lyrics


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.      (Sometimes, great words of wisdom can occur in a seemingly jumbled mess.  Most of us were miseducated to think that we are separate from each other.  Not enough of us look with real unity, compassion, and wisdom in our hearts… but, rather, see through thick walls of separation.)


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Swimming, Smiling, Egghead ... (Puffer Fish) ... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Swimming, Smiling, Egghead … (Puffer Fish) … photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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(Multi-photo):  True poetic insight is graceful because its sensitivity crosses boundaries and perceives all as one.

		

			
May 23, 2014

							

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Don't count your chickens...       --- photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Don’t count your chickens… — photo by Thomas Peace 2014


... before they hatch! ----- (Robin Fledglings) ... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
… before they hatch! —– (Robin Fledglings) … photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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Happy Mother’s Day!    Mother Earth is beautiful indeed!…

		

			
May 10, 2014

							

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.    Happy Mother’s Day!  And let’s all especially wish a happy Mother’s Day to Mother Earth too.  She is all we have, and we all need to take better care of her (by recycling, using green energy, and planting more trees and such), not neglecting her.  We can’t (as many foolish scientists suggest) leave home to go to another planet when things get bad here; some scientists are suggesting the wrong things; we have to wake up and treat her much better!  Mother Earth is not at all separate from all true, good mothers!


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.   Excerpt of a Navajo Native American Song (which, as a song of wisdom, occurs within my book):


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        Song of the Earth


 


All is beautiful,

       All is beautiful…All is beautiful, indeed.


Now the Mother Earth, and the Father Sky…  Meeting, joining one another,

     Helpmates ever, they.


All is beautiful… All is beautiful…  All is beautiful, indeed.


Sisnajinni, Tsodsichl,

     Meeting, joining one another,


Helpmates ever, they.

       All is beautiful… All is beautiful… All is beautiful, indeed.


Now Doko-oslid and Depenitsa…  Meeting, joining one another,

     Helpmates ever, they.

       All is beautiful… All is beautiful… All is beautiful, indeed.


And the night of darkness… And the dawn of light… Meeting, joining one another… Helpmates ever, they.

       All is beautiful…All is beautiful… All is beautiful, indeed.


Now Hastyeyalli and Hastyehogan… Meeting, joining one another,

     Helpmates ever, they.

       All is beautiful… All is beautiful… All is beautiful, indeed.


And the white corn and the yellow corn… Meeting, joining one another,

     Helpmates ever, they.

       All is beautiful… All is beautiful… All is beautiful, indeed.


And the corn-pollen and the Ripener… Meeting, joining one another,

     Helpmates ever, they.   

       All is beautiful… All is beautiful… All is beautiful, indeed.


Life-that-never-passeth,

 Happiness-of-all-things… Meeting, joining one another,

     Helpmates ever, they.

       All is beautiful… All is beautiful… All is beautiful, indeed. 


Now all is beautiful,

       All is beautiful,

       All is beautiful, indeed.


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Happy Mother's Day to all good mothers and to our good Mother Earth! ... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Happy Mother’s Day to all good mothers and to our good Mother Earth! … photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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First thing in the morning, many birds sprightly sing to the joy of the new day, returning sun, and the exhilaration of being and sharing! :)

		

			
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.     First thing in the morning, many birds sprightly sing to the joy of the new day, returning sun, and the exhilaration of being and sharing!     🙂     Namaste! 


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"You two don't ever sing to the sun in the morning.  Are you atheists?" ... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
“You two don’t ever sing to the sun in the morning. Are you atheists?” … photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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The door to success in the entertainment world. Real success is in finding truth, helping others, and ending suffering… not in showing off like some kind of monkey, getting all the apish stares!

		

			
April 11, 2014

							

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.     The door to success in the entertainment world…   may be illusory.


.     Real success is in finding truth, helping others, and ending suffering… not in showing off like some kind of monkey, getting all the apish stares!


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The door to success in the entertainment world... may be illusory. Mantled Howler Monkey at the zoo, briefly resting after antics with his group... photo by Thomas Peace 2014
The door to success in the entertainment world… may be illusory. Mantled Howler Monkey at the zoo, briefly resting after antics with his group… photo by Thomas Peace 2014

					

	


			
				

			
				

			
				

			
				



			

		
		

	
	

		
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Multi-photo: Thirteen really isn’t unlucky… and neither is the blackbird that flutters in the mind.

		

			
March 30, 2014

							

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.     Multi-photo:   Thirteen really isn’t unlucky… and neither is the blackbird that flutters in the mind.


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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird




by Wallace Stevens 


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Among twenty snowy mountains,   


The only moving thing   


Was the eye of the blackbird.   


 


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I was of three minds,   


Like a tree   


In which there are three blackbirds.   


 


III


The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.   


It was a small part of the pantomime.   


 


IV


A man and a woman   


Are one.   


A man and a woman and a blackbird   


Are one.   


 


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I do not know which to prefer,   


The beauty of inflections   


Or the beauty of innuendoes,   


The blackbird whistling   


Or just after.   


 


VI


Icicles filled the long window   


With barbaric glass.   


The shadow of the blackbird   


Crossed it, to and fro.   


The mood   


Traced in the shadow   


An indecipherable cause.   


 


VII


O thin men of Haddam,   


Why do you imagine golden birds?   


Do you not see how the blackbird   


Walks around the feet   


Of the women about you?   


 


VIII


I know noble accents   


And lucid, inescapable rhythms;   


But I know, too,   


That the blackbird is involved   


In what I know.   


 


IX


When the blackbird flew out of sight,   


It marked the edge   


Of one of many circles.   


 


X


At the sight of blackbirds   


Flying in a green light,   


Even the bawds of euphony   


Would cry out sharply.   


 


XI


He rode over Connecticut   


In a glass coach.   


Once, a fear pierced him,   


In that he mistook   


The shadow of his equipage   


For blackbirds.   


 


XII


The river is moving.   


The blackbird must be flying.   


 


XIII


It was evening all afternoon.   


It was snowing   


And it was going to snow.   


The blackbird sat   


In the cedar-limbs.




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Following a song, a male Common Grackle Blackbird looks for signs of intelligent life in a thoughtless world. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Following a song, a male Common Grackle Blackbird looks for signs of intelligent life in a thoughtless world. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014


This is not a blackbird... as every wise old crow knows.  Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
This is not a blackbird… as every wise old crow knows. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014