On the Edge, a quote from Joan Halifax
“…I have come to see that mental states are also ecosystems. These sometimes friendly and at times hazardous terrains are natural environments embedded in the greater [...]
“…I have come to see that mental states are also ecosystems. These sometimes friendly and at times hazardous terrains are natural environments embedded in the greater [...]
Gary Snyder at Columbia University in 2007, via wikimedia, CC2.0 “A great poet does not express his or her self, he expresses all [...]
"…This vastness at the center beckons us yet deeper into wisdom, and compassion is the Unnamable to which so many mystics throughout the ages have [...]
...”Let us examine...how this shift to a deeper self, a transpersonal self, might occur. As the individual begins to reflect on his life through the [...]
“An archetype is like an old watercourse along which the water of life has flowed for centuries, digging a deep channel for itself. The longer [...]
Glenda Taylor Comments: Yesterday morning I read something that was perfect for me personally to hear on the day of the “Great Debate.” It gave [...]
“…From observing the world around them, they could see orderly processes that marked the way organic life behaved. From the obvious motions of the sun [...]
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” Joseph Campbell “If we can recognize [...]
"Lama Govinda tells us in his Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism" “the sound values of om and their symbolic interpretation (in the Upanishads) are described in [...]
“All major mystical traditions have recognized that there is a paradox at the heart of the journey…Put simply, this is that we are already what [...]