Painting by John William Waterhouse: “Echo and Narcissus” (1903) “Know Thyself” “Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for…
Category: Self discovery
A quote on self realization by Sri Ramana
God dwells in you, as you, and you don’t have to ‘do’ anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your true and natural state. Just drop all seeking, turn your attention inward, and sacrifice your mind to the One Self radiating in the Heart of your very being. For this to be your…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Be kind to yourself, dear” by Rumi
“Be kind to yourself, dear” If you put your hands on this oar with me, they will never harm another, and they will come to find they hold everything you want. If you put your hands on this oar with me, they would no longer lift anything to your mouth that might wound your precious…
Poems on ageing: “Now I become myself” by May Sarton
Now I become myself Now I become myself. It’s taken Time, many years and places; I have been dissolved and shaken, Worn other people’s faces, Run madly, as if Time were there, Terribly old, crying a warning, “Hurry, you will be dead before—” (What? Before you reach the morning? Or the end of the poem…
Poems: “Keeping quiet” by Pablo Neruda
artwork: Josephine Wall “Keeping quiet” Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for a second, and not move our arms so much. It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines; we would…
On “Self-Knowledge” by Kahlil Gibran
“Self-Knowledge” And a man said, Speak to us of Self-Knowledge. And he answered saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s knowledge. You would know in words that which you have always known in thought. You would touch…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Explore” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Explorar”)
Explore I move confidently forward to claim new good. At any time I can do something new, whether making friends, traveling an unexplored route, sampling new cuisine, and more. Each exploration opens my mind to fresh perspectives and a variety of new ideas. My heart opens to embrace new ways to connect and…
POEMS: “Is This Who I Am?” by Trina Graves
Every second and every minute of every day
You create yourself anew with what you do and say
“Is this the greatest vision of myself?” you might ask
Whenever you are about to carry out a task
POEMS: “Moments of vision”
That mirror
Whose magic penetrates like a dart,
Who lifts that mirror
And throws our mind back on us, and our heart,
until we start?
WISDOM QUOTES FROM: René Descartes
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
ANCIENT WISDOM QUOTES FROM SOCRATES
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
A quote from the book “Discourses” by Rumi (about veils of darkness)
Within the people of this world all things are written, but veils and darkness do not allow men and women to read the knowledge within themselves.
