April 2011
4 posts
“Sometimes I repeat my story again and again because it’s interesting to see how...”
– M.I.A
“Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but...”
– J.K. Rowlng’s Harvard Uni Commencement Address
March 2011
36 posts
“DEFINITION: Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia. It’s the understanding...”
– Rob Brezsny
“Anger has become one of the trendiest emotions of all. In moderation it can be...”
– Rob Brezsny
“We’re not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by...”
– Rob Brezsny
“It’s not just about me and my dream of doing nothing. We don’t have...”
– Office Space (film)
“Hope is about choosing to believe that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit...”
– Anne Lamott
“Fear is the eternal enemy. If they can keep you scared, they can keep you...”
– Frank Iero
“Some people argue that life is strife and suffering is normal. Others swear...”
– This is a Perfect Moment Rob Brezsny
http://wildantz.co.za/robbrezsny/index.html
(via parkstepp)
“As soon as you concern yourself with the “good” and...”
– The Art of Peace
“It’s unhealthy to give and give and give and not ever get anything back, and it...”
– Ethics & Making Money, Honey | Wicked Whimsy
(This is a wonderful article - it can really alter one’s perspective on money.)
“I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be,...”
– Audre Lorde
Everything Will Conspire to Stop You … So What? |... →
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it...”
– Henry Miller
“Find your comfort not in holding on to the past but in realizing that the future...”
– Ralph Marston
“Real revenge isn’t driving around in a Lamborghini and saying ‘Fuck you’. Real...”
– Gerard Way
Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the...
“Though we may come from different countries and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one.” - Albus Dumbledore
I Want To Be... A Lifestreamer! [galadarling.com] →
re-generate:
This interview with Jessica Mullen by the luminous Gala Darling is wonderful. Though I encourage reading it in its entirety, here are some bits I particularly love:
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“What do you think is the best thing about what you do?
I do whatever I want, every single day. No one ever tells me what to do.”
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“Would you call yourself a workaholic, & if so, are you alright with that?...
“I only started reading Harry Potter when I was about 12, and was instantly...”
– Letter written for “Dear Mr. Potter”
“C: There’s an Einstein quote I really, really like. He said: “If you...”
– Before Sunset (film)
Problems
“Ultimately, there is no such thing as a problem. The mind generates the appearance of problems to maintain a sense of self. Practically speaking, a problem is a painful situation. The only way out of a painful situation is to take appropriate action. This does not require value judgment and stress. Conscious action dissolves judgment and relieves stress.”
- James Wood Stelzenmuller, The Path...
“In my field I see people who come into it with big idealist visuals of becoming...”
– Celine, Before Sunset (film)
“The first step — especially for young people with energy and drive and talent,...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library,...”
– Ray Bradbury
Love vs. Rage, Genuine Consideration →
questionsofmethod:
Quick thoughts:
I would like to be a person whose work is premised on the notion of love: love of people, of the earth, of community, of animals. Of course it is difficult not to immediately respond with rage when we see these things we love under attack, or marginalized by such inhuman/e…
“I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others...”
– Aristotle
“Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”
– Ramana Maharshi
“We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable...”
– Carlos Castaneda, A Separate Reality
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"Your silence will not protect you."
afrosoul:
- Audre Lorde
February 2011
16 posts
“The role of technology needs to be re-envisioned for what it is—tools that allow...”
– WorldChanging Canada
1 tag
“I have been thinking,” she continued, still in the tone of one brimful of...”
– Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
Paradigm Shift | Adbusters Culturejammer... →
Five hundred years ago astronomers following Ptolemy’s geocentric model of the universe were tearing their hair out trying to make sense of all their calculations of the sun, moon and stars moving around above us in the night sky. It was only when Copernicus pointed out that we are not the center of the universe – the sun does not revolve around the Earth but rather the other way around – that...
“The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities, with the infinite...”
– Waking Life (via likethesun)
“We are caged by our cultural programming. Culture is a mass hallucination, and...”
– Terence McKenna
Make love to the Present
commondense:
Your past experiences and future projections are nothing but mental phantoms. All you really ever have is now. To dwell is to pass up any progress you can make in the present.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When we exhale, we are reliving the moment which birthed the Cosmos, the moment...”
– Jason Fernando 