January 2011
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“ “Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici”
— By the power of truth, I, while living, have...”
– V for Vendetta, Latin phrase (via amiquote)
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Your best is all you can do. How people respond to...
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Our true religion is life itself to which we must...
“Regret is useless in life. It’s in the past. All we have is now.”
– Marlon Brando (via veritasconcafe)
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We must learn to want even that within us that we...
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“Dhargasm (n.) To express loudly the Dharma. “When I was listening to Jack...”
– @ZenDirtZenDust
inhalethesunshine asked: Glad to see you follow back. :)
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The "end" is merely the conclusion of a long line...
“Not a moment passes that isn’t spiritual practice.”
– — Dan Millman
(via tumblrcoven)
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We hone our awareness to better view and...
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Resist the ego's demand for flight and deal with...
hacopianhere-deactivated2011033 asked: Why do I find it unsurprising that a Soto Zen practitioner would believe that all women want me but just haven't realized it yet?
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“I’d rather have a conversation with an honest drunk in a bar than some...”
– @buddahbear1
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What we struggle against is rarely the actual...
nomotive replied to your link: Facebook
gosh..my ma is wanting me to make a facebook so we can keep in contact with my brothers…im pondering
Yeah. that shit is like the mafia… You’ll never get out! The truth is that it does make the online experience easier in certain ways, despite the fact that it’s unbelievably passive and useless for anything really constructive. But the...
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Yep, they pulled me back in, but I’m determined to make the experience different this time… or at least that’s what I’m telling myself!
Anyway, hit me up!
nomotive replied to your post: nomotive replied to your photo: Worth repeating in…
oh and i realized i reversed what you said. my apologies. =/
That’s okay… I was thinking it sounded better that way anyway…
nomotive replied to your photo: Worth repeating in another form, I think… Also…
by the way, i have your quote “every conflict is a struggle with yourself” written on my green board. ill be sure to post a picture. ;]
Aww… Thank you! I’m honored to have a space on your green board!
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arandomheartless asked: hahaha that's exactly what came out of my mouth as well
arandomheartless asked: hahaha that's exactly what came out of my mouth as well
There is not so much a "right" way to walk the...
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nomotive replied to your photo: Something I realized last night while fencing.
something to think about i suppose
It came to me after a match; I was thinking about how I was batting at my opponent with my sword a whole lot, but my attacks were largely ineffectual. After some introspection I realized that a lot of my batting was merely a reaction to my opponent’s actions- my attention was on...
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Thought is merely another observable phenomenon...
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hacopianhere replied to your post: The Fragrance from the Tree - 01.07.11
Not sure I understand. If I walk away from a person who needs my help because I haven’t the willingness and capacity to help, whether I’m acting out of love. I see the essence of compassion as treating every situation as if it were your child.
That’s an idealization of compassion, which works sometimes, but not...
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The Fragrance from the Tree - 01.07.11
The essence of compassion is not just the capacity and the willingness to love unconditionally, but the knowledge and the strength to let go when such a love is not possible. For even when one finds that they cannot love unconditionally they are still acting out of love by recognizing the limitation within themselves and walking away. Consider this carefully.
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From "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki
“If you want to express yourself, your true nature, there should be some natural and appropriate way of expression. Even swaying right and left as you sit down or get up from zazen is an expression of yourself. It is not preperation for practice, or relaxation after practice; it is part of the practice. So we should not do it as if it were preparing for something else. This should be true...