Could it be that language plays a roll in our lack of clarity? Do the words we choose to help us communicate more clearly often make us more confused? As a journalist and distinguished author known for his clarity in writing, George Orwell anticipated the effects of a declining English language and noted a need [...]
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Reading Room ~ Walt Whitman Poetry
Poetry is often my language of choice. When I read Walt Whitman, I hear the voice of life. Enjoy the following selections.
Traveling Souls
Let’s go! whoever you are come and travel with me!
Traveling with me you find what never tires.
The earth never tires,
The earth rude, silent, incomprehensible at first,
Nature is rude and incomprehensible at [...]
Reading Room ~ Let Your Life Speak
“Is the life I am living the same as the life that wants to live in me?” I love this inquisitive question that Parker Palmer asks in his book, Let Your Life Speak. What resonates most for me in his writing is the idea of using our highest values and truths as a guide [...]
Reading Room ~ Tao Te Ching
My shelves hold many translated copies of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, and I return again and again in my studies to its verses. Translated literally as “the classic way of virtue”, these philosophical teachings are simple and thoughtful, yet full of meaning. Each version I read brings new light and insight to life and our [...]
Reading Room ~ Michael Meade
“A false sense of security is the only kind there is” ~ Michael Meade
I always note when an author’s name is mentioned on more than one occasion in the course of a day. In this case, I’m so glad I did. Michael Meade is amazing. I have just begun to sink into some of his writing and listen to [...]
Reading Room ~ Andrew Carnegie
Making space for study is an important part of my personal spiritual practice, and in the course of any given week, there are literally dozens of publications that pass through my hands. This month, I’ve been reflecting on thoughts of Andrew Carnegie – a well known entrepreneur of the mid/late 1800′s who viewed wealth and [...]
Reading Room ~ Heart Quotes
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” ~ Carl Jung
“What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul’s emphasis is always right.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.” ~ Jacques Bénigne Bossuel
“Gratitude is the heart’s memory.” ~ French Proverb
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Reading Room ~ Stillness Quotes
Inspiring Quotes
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” ~ Hermann Hesse
“Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
Through return to simple living Comes control [...]
Reading Room ~ Giving Quotes
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” ~ Maya Angelou
“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.” ~ Peyton Conway March
“We make a [...]
Reading Room ~ Freedom Quotes
“Him that I love, I wish to be free — even from me.” ~ Anne Marrow Lindbergh
“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are [...]
