A few quotes that caught my attention from another list

[Guest guest]

Here are a few quotes that caught my attention on another list!

 

Michael

 

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be,

is made up of a single moment - the moment in which

a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

--Jorge Luis Borges

 

If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving and for once

could

do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of never

understanding ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death. "

--Pablo Neruda

 

For no reason I can explain, I began to discover how little it mattered where

you

are or what anyone does to you. I was sure that what I had done to get there

[imprisoned for draft resistance] was right, and somehow the longer I was there,

the better I felt. . . . I felt filled with love for everyone: everyone I knew

and

everyone I didn't know; for plants, fish, animals; even bankers, generals,

prison

guards, and lying politicians - everything and everyone. Why did I feel so good?

Was it God? Or approaching death? Or just the way life is supposed to be if we

weren't so busy trying to make it something else?

--David Dellinger

 

 

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " Adamson " <adamson wrote:

>

> Here are a few quotes that caught my attention on another list!

>

> Michael

>

> Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be,

> is made up of a single moment - the moment in which

> a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

> --Jorge Luis Borges

 

 

in that one moment eternity shines

and who that man is ever changes, changeless

>

> If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving and

for once could

> do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of

never

> understanding ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death. "

> --Pablo Neruda

 

what is this stillness of Death?

but a passing of light over water...

 

>

> For no reason I can explain, I began to discover how little it

mattered where you

> are or what anyone does to you. I was sure that what I had done to

get there

> [imprisoned for draft resistance] was right, and somehow the

longer I was there,

> the better I felt. . . . I felt filled with love for everyone:

everyone I knew and

> everyone I didn't know; for plants, fish, animals; even bankers,

generals, prison

> guards, and lying politicians - everything and everyone. Why did I

feel so good?

> Was it God? Or approaching death? Or just the way life is supposed

to be if we

> weren't so busy trying to make it something else?

> --David Dellinger

 

 

freedom is to a prison

as stars to night

sun to shadow

 

 

>

>

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " Adamson " <adamson wrote:

>

> Here are a few quotes that caught my attention on another list!

 

> Michael

>

> Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be,

> is made up of a single moment - the moment in which

> a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

> --Jorge Luis Borges

>

> If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving and

for once could

> do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of

never

> understanding ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death. "

> --Pablo Neruda

 

These two are gems.

 

Thanks much!

 

-- Dan