There is a madness just at the edge of sanity,
where the unseen and the seen reside.
At once present and absent,
untouchable,
yet more intimate
than any physical embrace allows. ~ Diane Avice du Buisson
Guru Padmasambhava said...
Samsara and nirvana have no other difference
than that betwen the moment of being unaware and aware.
Since we are not deluded by perception but by fixaiton,
liberation naturally occurs when we recognize that fixated
thoughts are only mind grasping at its own empty manifestation.
It is in you, my dear, that the Goddess has exhausted herself.
She tosses you into the fire so that she can recover a bit of her strength.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Don't fear the horse of your body, travel lightly on foot;
wings are given to the one who finally dismounts. ~ Rumi
With one who does not speak his every thought,
I spend a pleasant evening.
Take a demon as a demon and it will harm you,
know a demon is in your mind and you will be free of it. ~ Milarepa
Envisage space as "lack of pressure" or "absence of neurotic speed".
~ Ngakpa Chogyam
A girl should value her own worth. ~ Guru Padmasambhava
The old hag said to Naropa,
"But do you know the meaning of the words?
and I ask,
"Are you living the meaning of the words." ~ Diane Avice du Buisson
Aggression is not allowing things to go on as they are but trying to force
the issue, like growing vegetables with chemicals. ~ Chogyam Trungpa