Monday, September 30, 2013

Artwork

RIC_1051-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_1051-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


We are all phenomenal manifestations 
of a divine will to live, and that will 
and the consciousness of life is one in all of us,
and that is what artwork expresses. 

Joseph Campbell

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Nothing Has Been Lost

RIC_6013-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_6013-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Do not believe in redemption –
     nothing has been lost.


        Theresa Vincent, 
        Nothing Has Been Lost

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Friday, September 27, 2013

Love

RIC_0500-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0500-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Sometimes you actually have to watch somebody love something
     before you can love it yourself. 

        Richard Wagamese

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Life's Meaning

RIC_1001-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_1001-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


To invent your own life's meaning is not easy.
But it's still allowed.
And I think you'll be happier for the trouble.


Bill Watterson

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Story

RIC_1665-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_1665-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The power of a story is the ability to bring us together.
The magic of a story is its power to keep us together. 
The wonder of a story is its ability to do all that 
without our even noticing.

Richard Wagamese

Monday, September 23, 2013

Participating in Mystery

RIC_6089-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_6089-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     If I am made in the image of the creator, 
     then I am myself a creator, 
     and my acts of creating participate in mystery. 

        Pat Schneider, 
        How the Light Gets In

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Open to Love

RIC_0777-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0777-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The more we open ourselves to love,
the larger our capacity for love becomes. 

Pat Schneider, 
How the Light Gets In

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Hope

Toronto 2 (2013, 9.18) by rchoephoto
Toronto 2 (2013, 9.18), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     We do not hope because we believe,
     we believe because we hope. 

        Miguel de Unamuno, Tragic Sense of Life

Friday, September 20, 2013

You

RC1_8561 by rchoephoto
RC1_8561, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


You don't have a soul. 
You are a soul. 


Kathleen Taylor,
Rethinking the Bucket List, TEDx, Tampa Bay

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Connections

RIC_0968-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0968-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Could a greater miracle take place than for us 
     to look through each other's eyes for an instant?

        Henry David Thoreau

Monday, September 16, 2013

The Mystery

Ghost Ranch 2 (2013, 7.23) by rchoephoto

Ghost Ranch 2 (2013, 7.23), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

All of us live in relation to mystery, and becoming conscious of that relationship 
can be a beginning point for a spiritual practice — whether we experience mystery in nature, 
in ecstatic love, in the eyes of our children, our friends, the animals we love, 
or in more strange experiences of intuition, synchronicity, or prescience.

Pat Schneider, How the Light Gets In


Sunday, September 15, 2013

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Pilgrimage

Santa Fe 22 (2013, 7.17) by rchoephoto
Santa Fe 22 (2013, 7.17), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Pilgrimage is a transformative journey to a sacred Centre. 

Phil Cousineau, 
The Art of Pilgrimage

Friday, September 13, 2013

Blessings

Sunrise 5 (2013, 8.13) by rchoephoto
Sunrise 5 (2013, 8.13), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Great spirit, father of us all,
Dear mother earth,
Combine your might
And use our love
To make this body whole,
For now and forever.

Judith Billings

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Discovery

Shadow on Brick Wall (9.16, '12) by rchoephoto
Shadow on Brick Wall (9.16, '12), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     If we truly want to know the secret of soulful travel, 
     we need to believe that there is something sacred waiting 
     to be discovered in virtually every journey.

        Phil Cousineau, The Art of Pilgrimage

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Perspective

RC1_9577 by rchoephoto

RC1_9577, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The particular, concrete image is the lens through which we see the world. 

Pat Schneider, How the Light Gets In


Sunday, September 8, 2013

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Friday, September 6, 2013

Reconciliation

Toronto 6 (2013, 9.4) by rchoephoto
Toronto 6 (2013, 9.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Making friends with our own demons

and their accompanying insecurity 
leads to a very simple, understated relaxation and joy. 

Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Seeing

Arbor Award Ceremony 3 by rchoephoto
Arbor Award Ceremony 3, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Seeing comes from within ourselves, 
not from the vague "out there" of the outer world. 

David Ulrich, 
The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Becoming

RIC_0486-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0486-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The self you leave behind 
is only a skin you have outgrown. 
Don't grieve for it.
Look to the wet, raw, unfinished
self, the one you are becoming.

Pat Schneider, 
Instructions for the Journey

Monday, September 2, 2013

Intensity of Intention

RIC_0051-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0051-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


What unites the different forms of pilgrimage 
is intensity of intention, 
the soul's desire to return to the center, 
whether it portends ecstasy or agony. 

Phil Cousineau, The Art of Pilgrimage

Sunday, September 1, 2013

War & Labour

Untitled by rchoephoto

Untitled, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The essential act of war is destruction, 
not necessarily of human lives, 
but of the products of human labour.

George Orwell