Questioning

Toronto 1 (2013, 9.18), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Questioning means longing to know the truth deeply, 
     and insisting that we can. It means leaving whatever 
     distant slant we may occupy to come close and see
     more directly what is true. And it means being 
     willing to be honest about how we ourselves are 
     seeing things, even if that vision differs from the norm. 
     Learning to question means feeling we have the innate right 
     to all of this.

        Sharon Salzberg, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

Understanding

Toronto 1 (2013, 9.6), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, 
     but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, 
     in it, through and by it.

        Anais Nin

Hope

RIC_8728-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I would love to live
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.

John O'Donohue, 
Fluent

Integrity

RIC_0887-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

If you want to be successful, 

you must respect one rule. 

'Never lie to yourself.' 

Paulo Coelho

Love

Toronto 2 (8.28, '13), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     God does not love you because you are lovable. 
     You are lovable because God loves you. 

        Desmond Tutu

Seeing

RIC_0719-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The eye with which I see God is 
the same eye with which God sees me. 

Meister Eckardt

Metaphor

Tansley United Church 2 (2013, 10. 17), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Metaphor is a way of thought 
     long before it is a way with words. 

        James Geary, 
        I is an Other: 
        The Secret Life of Metaphor and
        How It Shapes the Way We See the World

Wisdom

Toronto 5 (2013, 9.5), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

It is possible to live and not know. 

Richard Feynman

We

Toronto 5 (8.31, 2013), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

This is I, You, Me, We. 

Rumi

Seeing

Toronto 1 (2013, 9.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


What we see is determined by how we see, 
and each of us responsible for how we see. 

Christine Valters Paintner, Eyes of the Heart

Finding Self

Five Oaks 9 (2013, 8.12), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     As I lost my speech, I gained my voice.
     As I diminished, I grew.
     As I lost so much, I started to find myself.

        Neil Selinger

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