"The inner self is the ultimate Guru,
the external Guru is merely a milestone on the path...
But even the inner Guru is not the goal,
he is only the target by which we reach the goal...
knowing that which cannot be known."
Openhand
"Do you have the patience
to wait until the mud settles...
and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
until the right action arises
by itself?"
Lao Tzu
"The future is not to be planned,
it is to be discovered.
It is not a desire, a hope, a wish or a prayer...
its true beauty is to be found in the mystery
unfolding out of the moment."
Openhand
May we reveal our abundance without shame.
may we peel back our sleeping wintry layers...
like snakeskins, like the silk chrysalis...
“A cloud does not know why it moves
in just such as direction and at such a speed.
It feels an impulsion...
this is the way to go now.
But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns
behind all clouds, and you will know too,
when you lift yourself high enough
to see beyond horizons."
David Whyte
Here is a great poem by Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee who was killed during the Battle of Britain in 1941 in a Spitfire...
"Rigid belief systems and imposed codes of behaviour
are as necessary as telling a bee how to collect nectar"
Openhand
"Rigid beliefs are fear announced,
not trusting in the chaos of the moment...
that out of that chaos,
the heart of the universe will unfold
the divine order of truth"
Openhand
"Rigid relationships are as redundant
as building structures on shifting sand...
The sand has no relationship with the sea,
rather it relates to the ebb and flow of the waves
as and when they choose to kiss the shoreline."
Openhand
"Don't tell me how wonderful things will be...someday.
Show me how you can risk being completely at peace,
truly okay with the way things are right now in this moment,
and the next, and the next, and the next..."
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
"Be sure of one thing...
the 'is' has imagined it
quite a bit better than
you have!"
From "Illusions" by Richard Bach
"Take me to the places that teach you how to dance,
the places where you can risk breaking your heart...
And I will take you to the places where the earth
beneath my feet and the stars overhead make my
heart whole again and again
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
