Companions

Mural 1 Annex, Toronto (2013, 5.19), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph

And death i think is no parenthesis

e. e. cummings

On faith

RIC_2310, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Believing that your faith tradition alone contains God 
is like believing the rain falls only in your cup.

John Shore

Beauty

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Times are bad and the poet is broke,

But around him is that permanent world of beauty.

James Wilhelm

Walk Alone

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Walk alone
If they answer not thy call, walk alone;
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou of evil luck,
Open thy mind and speak out alone.

Rabindranath Tagore

Worth

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We are worth what we are willing to share.

Jonathan Sacks, To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility

Consciousness

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A basic definition of consciousness is the mind’s capacity to observe the self in reality and to be thoughtful about our actions.

Christina Baldwin, Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture

Emptiness

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Emptiness is the footprint on which the centred person moves.

Tibetan sage