"As long as the tower is guarded
By the invisible Protector...

Who acts unconsciously, and whose actions
Go astray when they become deliberate,
Reflexive, and intentional

The unconsciousness
And entire sincerity of Tao
Are disturbed by any effort
At self-conscious demonstration.
All such demonstrations
Are lies.

When one displays himself
In this ambiguous way
The world outside storms in
And imprisons him.

He is no longer protected
By the sincerity of Tao."

is our authentic inner yearning,
masked frequently by the distorting filter of materiality.
To walk the path of our soul,
is to separate the truth from the fiction,
to live the dream not the nightmare."
Openhand

"Where is the true self?
I look deep within...

for as the true self unfolds
the universe shapes around it."
Openhand

“Attain complete clarity of emptiness.
Maintain perfect silence...

"Styles tend to separate men
because they have their own doctrines...

and then the doctrine becomes the gospel,
truth that you cannot change
But if you do not have a style,
if you just say: Well, here I am as a human being,
how can I express myself totally and completely?
now, that way you won't create a style,
because style is a crystallisation.
That way, it's a process of continuing growth"
Bruce Lee

"In ordinary states of consciousness,
sound prevails over a background of silence and replaces it...

In contrast, in the Presence, the opposite occurs.
Although sound is perceptible, it is in the background.
The Silence prevails so that the silence is actually not interrupted or displaced by the sound.
Nothing disturbs the stillness or interferes with its peace."
David R. Hawkins

'Be a lamp unto yourself.
Don't search for light anywhere else;
the light is already there, the fire is already there...

I have learned so much from God
that I can no longer call myself a Christian,
a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew...

The Truth has shared so much of Itself
with me that I can no longer call myself
a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure Soul.

Love has befriended Hafiz so completely
it has turned to ash and freed me of every
concept and image my mind has ever known.

From: 'The Gift'
Translated by Daniel Ladinsky

reflect the beauty, harmony, perfection and order of the Divine.
When we become completely still,
our mind becomes attuned to the Infinite Mind,
after which nothing else matters."
Henry Thomas Hamblin

"The self is not to be shaped,
it is to be discovered...

It is not to be desired, wished or prayed for,
its true beauty is to be found in the mystery
unfolding out of the moment."
Openhand

"Desire is a judgment of the moment,
saying 'I judge that outcome is better than this one'...

It is caused by fear and ignorance,
not trusting what the universe is unfolding.
It is like applying the hand brake to a moving car,
it leads to fate rather than destiny.
Desire requires effort...
enlightenment requires lack of all effort."
Openhand