We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness. Hunter S. Thompson
Thanks to Julius for this quote.
How true, how very very true. And humbling actually.
Restlessly I searched for her thousands, hundreds of ways.
Suddenly I turned, and there she was in the receding light.
From a Song Dynasty poem Baidu, now the name of a Chinese search engine
Restlessly I searched for her thousands, hundreds of ways.
Suddenly I turned, and there she was in the receding light.
From a Song Dynasty poem Baidu, now the name of a Chinese search engine
Don’t get me wrong. I’m no poet, and I know it! Short form gets the job done sooner, and I am all for that. It’s late, it’s nearly the anniversary of my Ordination. Twenty nine years.
All descriptions of reality are limited expressions of the world of
emptiness. Yet we attach to the desciptions and think they are reality.
That is a mistake.
Susuki Roshi
So simple. So true. So human!
Thanks Nic for sending the quote.
Practice Within The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
