Purpose of Education

Toronto 2 (2013, 10.10), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The only purpose of education should be to train attention. 

Simone Weil

Silence

RCC_6060-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. 

The challenge is to silence the mind. 

Caroline Myss

Making peace with our shadow

RIC_1954, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

   Making peace with our shadow and befriending it are
     fundamental to authentic self-esteem.

    John Monbourquette, How to Befriend Your Shadow: Welcoming Your Unloved Side

Reconciliation

RIC_2023, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

If we want to achieve reconciliation, not only do we have to struggle with the enemy, but we also have to wrestle with ourselves. And in the struggle we may find ourselves blessed and embraced by the presence of something greater.

Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

Saintliness

RIC_1943, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

It is the struggle and strain of hope that brings about saintliness.

Brian D. McLaren

Eyes of the unfeeling

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A picture lives by companionship.  It dies by the same token.  It is therefore risky to send it out into the world.  How often it must be impared by the eyes of the unfeeling. 

Mark Rothko

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

Eternity

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Eternity is not infinity.
It is not a long time.
It does not begin at the end of time.
It does not run parallel to time.
In its entirety it always was.
In its entirety it will always be.
It is entirely present always.

Wendell Berry, XIII, Sabbaths 2005