Belief

RHUC 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

For those who believe, 

no explanation is necessary;

for those who do not believe,

no explanation is possible.

Franz Werfel

Creative Challenge

RIC_6889-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Can we approach life itself as a creative challenge, through
     the medium of whatever it is that we do on a daily basis?

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

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

Longing

Toronto 1 (2013, 10.3), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     If dreams are thwarted,
        then yearning must take their place.
     If reunion is impossible,
        then longing must take its place.

        Fais Ahmed Faiz
        translated by Arundhati Roy

Vision

Toronto 31 (2013, 9.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The heart of vision is shaped by the state of the soul.
When the soul is alive to beauty, 
we begin to see life in a fresh and vital way. 

John O'Donohue

Fear

RIC_0691-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. 

Pema Chödrön, 

When Things Fall Apart: 

Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Expression

Toronto 5 (8.28, '13), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I believe expressing what is within us helps to heal us,
whether or not we share it with anyone else. 

Pat Schneider, How the Light Gets In

Real

RIC_7951-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Life is real only then when I am.

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff

Discovery

RIC_0650-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Nothing has been lost but much is hidden.

Pat Schneider, 

How the Light Gets In

Creativity

RIC_7954-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The fundamental task of creativity, therefore, 
     is to be fully present – in this moment, and with all that it contains.

        David, Ulrich, The Widening Stream

Peace

RIC_6246-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Paz, peace, paix,
mir, shalom, salaam:
we will plant olive trees
where before
there were thorns!

Federico Mayor

Courage

RIC_0781-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Faith is not enough.
     We must act on our faith.
     Inner healing is not enough.
     We must heal our world.
     Spiritual practice is not enough.
     We must have the spiritual courage
     to stand up against injustice.
        
        Raine Eisler

Process

RIC_0383-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


You can't push the river.
It flows on its own.

Pema Chödrön

I am

Echo Canyon (2013, 7.), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I am still every age that I have been.

Madeleine L'Engle

Sacred

RIC_1043-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


By virtue of the creation and still more, of the Incarnation, 
nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Knowing

Santa Fe 41 (2013, 7.17), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

You must know yourself to know the world.

Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum, 

Walking the Way: 

81 Zen Encounters with the Tao Te Ching, 

Love

Flowers 2 (8.23, '13), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Love is the vocation which includes all others. 

Thérèse of Lisieux

Metaphor

RIC_0455-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     When we humans dare to approach the deepest and most holy
     experiences of our lives, all language becomes metaphor. 

        Pat Schneider, How the Light Gets In

Sacred

RIC_9277-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Ask what is in the wind

ask what is sacred.

Margaret Atwood,

The Circle Poems

The enterprise

Five Oaks 2013-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The human heart can go to the length of God
     Affairs are now soul size.
     The enterprise
     Is exploration into God.

        Christopher Fry,
        A Sleep of Prisoners