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A series of CycleCasts - readings of psychic "energy-weather" patterns, for the information and enjoyment of fellow-travelers everywhere. Seasoned with reflections on life in the world of subtle energies.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'notable quotes'
Notable Quote: The Charles Schulz Philosophy
The Charles Schulz Philosophy The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder on them. Just read the e-mail straight through...
Notable Quote: On Borders
Borders in general are a source of difficulty as well as a pointless labor for government bureaucrats, not to mention anguish for the pople who wish to cross them, or who do cross them only to find misery different from the kind they fled. Whenever I...
Notable Quote: Bloggers thronging before the gates
Hostile observers have always painted bloggers as barbarians thronging before the gates of a besieged culture. This picture has been embraced by some bloggers themselves, who have fancied the rough garb of the invader and relished the license to pill...
Notable Quote: Learning from Blogging
Blogging, the first form of social media to be widely adopted beyond the world of technology enthusiasts, gave us a templates for all the other forms that would follow. Through its lens, people could see the Web for the first time as something they w...
Notable Quote: Rule #1
Rule #1 ~ When the going gets tough, the tough relax.Any time you approach a task with fear you are at least a double loser. First, you color the work with fear and increase the chances of failure. Confidence and composure trump fear every time. Seco...
Notable Quote: more sayings from the Ramen King
Inside every human being there are two minds. One wants to do good things. The other wants to do what it wants to do..Flavors taste best to those who appreciate them..Viewed from outer space, the Earth is nothing more than a limited, tiny sphere. Unl...
Notable Quote: giving in to the regime
This habit of pretending to give in to the regime created a certain moral laxity, a spiritual laziness in us all. You could see it in our male acquaintances who would say with a mocking expression, "Why make such a fuss over a piece of cloth?" Not...
Notable Quote: the fundamental misunderstanding of humanity
The Fundamental Misunderstanding of Humanity is "believing that we can achieve all of our desires, without limitations," according to Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen..Only when Ando accepted his failure - his limitations - did he become ...
Notable Quote: the tortoise in a golden box
As Chuang-Tzu was fishing in the river, two high officials arrived from the king of Ch'U and said, "Sir, the king requests that you come to the capital and serve as his prime minister.".Without turning his head, Chuang-Tzu answered, "I have heard tha...
Notable Quote: the meme-maker's lament
I thought if they liked one, they might like a series of them - they would recognize the name and come back. ... But they don't do that. This is a common meme-maker's lament: viral projects are spread through decontextualized blog links and e-m...
Notable Quote: The motivators for right action
I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace. "If I felt completely peaceful," they say, "why would I bother taking action at all?" My answer is "Because...
Notable Quote: The Edges of Science
Note from Jan: This is a fabulous and fascinating book!...long before normal science gets disrupted, we're likely to find, on the edges of normal science, a coterie of scientists who have happened across some observation that won't fit, and it nags a...
Notable Quote: On Wit
Perhaps the classic example in the history of wit is the story of a famous exchange between two eighteenth-century political rivals, John Montague, also know as the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, and the reformist politician John Wilkes. During a heated ar...
Notable Quote: "One Art," a poem by Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
The art of losing isn't hard to master;so many things seem filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is no disaster.Lose something every day. Accept the flusterof lost door keys, the hour badly spent.The art of losing isn't hard to master.Then...
Notable Quote: George Carlin on Indians
"...Now the Indians. I call them Indians because that's what they are. They're Indians. There's nothing wrong with the word Indian. "First of all, it's important to know that the word Indian does not derive from Columbus mistakenly believing he had r...
Words Upon Our Hearts: a teaching story
A disciple asks the rebbe, "Why does Torah tell us to 'place these Words upon your hearts?' Why does it not tell us to place these holy words in our hearts?"The rebbe answers: "It is because as we are, our hearts are closed, and we cannot place the h...
Notable Quote: A Spiritual Response to Terrorism, by Marianne Williamson
This just landed in my in-box, and I immediately wanted to help spread the word and the practice ~A Spiritual Response to TerrorismWith your thoughts, you can help build a system of spiritual quarantine for terrorists and would-be terrorists. You don...
Notable Quote: Who Tortures
The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.~ Carl Jung....
Notable Quote: words of wisdom from Peace Pilgrim
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. Inner peace is not found by staying on the surface of life, or by attempting to escape through life by any means. Inner peace is found by facing lif...
Notable Quote: Loose Attachment
Develop the habit of loose attachment. Whenever you are looking forward to something and the possibility of not getting what you want occurs to you, stay with that possibility and fully explore it in your mind. Look at the unwanted outcome as one wit...
Notable Quote: The Love of a Cat
"People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world."~ Kinky Friedman, in What Would Kinky Do....
Get Together ~ The Youngbloods - Notable Quote with link to a video
This song has been running through my head all week, after I spent an evening nostalgically surfing through YouTube for old 60s songs. It's by The Youngbloods, one of my favorite groups from back in the day - the day being late 60s ~ San Francisco/Be...
Notable Quote: Spiritual Awakening
A religious awakening which does not arouse the sleeper to love has aroused him in vain.~Jessamyn West....
Notable Quote: from Mary Burmeister on Harmony
By revitalizing one's energy, all disharmony, imbalance, fears, and attitudes disappear. The rhythm with the universal energy takes place. In this state of harmony there is no imperfection.~Mary Burmeister, founder of Jin Shin Jyutsu in the West...
Notable Quote: Carl Jung on Talent
Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off. ~Carl Jung...
Notable Quote: from Margaret Mead
"One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night."~ Margaret MeadSo true ~ and very nicely illustrated with an LOLcat & LOLdog, courtesy of the wonderful ICanHasCheeezburger site!...
Notable Quote: Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, wh...
Notable Quote: about Time
I am trying to create a design, a shape in my mind, that will make these days ... viable. It occurred to me as I was out in the wet grass (rain again), picking a few flowers to replenish the ones in the house, that I might imagine each day as a whole...
Notable Quote: about Time
I am trying to create a design, a shape in my mind, that will make these days devoured ... viable. It occurred to me as I was out in the wet grass (rain again!), picking a flowers to replenish the bunches in the house, that I might imagine each day a...
Notable Quote: about true patriots
I have found that true patriots are driven by a personal, burning sense of responsibility to act in the face of great wrong. True Americans - domestically or globally - seem to take it personally when faced with injustice; they burn. They can't sit i...
