Tag: Quotes
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The Art of Individuation -XLIV-
7/25/22 “When the individual’s needs are at odds with the group or relationship, they must break into new ground, either by choice or by divine intervention. More often than not, we either resist, ignore, or reject these calls to attrition. We leave our roots planted in the shallow soil of false belonging for whatever benefits
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Morning Prayer -XLIII-
7-7-22 – Royal III – The words of King Lemuel.An oracle that his mother taught him: “What are you doing, my son?What are you doing, son of my womb?What are you doing, son of my vows?Do not give your strength to loose women,your ways to those who destroy kings.It is not for kings, O Lemuel,it
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The Way of The Warrior -XIV-
The Next Step in the Mental Trainingby Kaiten Nukariya In the next place we have to strive to be the master of our bodies. With most of the unenlightened, body holds absolute control over Self. Every order of the former has to be faithfully obeyed by the latter. Even if Self revolts against the tyranny
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Morning Prayer -XLII-
6/13/22 I unclutter my consciousness today, and rid myself of old patterns, wrong hurts, and old beliefs. I close the book on yesterday and focus my thoughts on today. Equipped with fresh ideas, feelings, and new ways of living, I am now free to proceed with the business of life. I already have everything I
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Morning Prayer ~XLI~
and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom ~ Anais Nin
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The Art of Integration -XIV-
In Greek, arctos, the word for “bear,” takes the feminine article. It is the animal of the mother goddess Artemis in Greek mythology, and according to medieval writers is also the animal of the Virgin Mary. In a matriarchal situation naturally it would be an aspect of the animus and, in general, have a more
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Morning Mindfulness -X-
6/6/22 “Sacrifice is a show of trust in the unknown. It is the pruning that redirects your energy toward the life of becoming. Like quitting a job only to have an opportunity appear the same afternoon, or breaking up a bad relationship only to meet your true love, there is magic in sacrifice. Life is
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The Way of the Warrior -XII-
Many things in martial artsare in accordance with Buddhist lawand correspond to Sen. Among them, especially,are the aversion to attachmentand the aversion to lingering over things. This is the most important point. Not to linger is considered essential. The courtesan Eguchi responded to a poem by the Buddhist monk Saigyo with her own poem: To
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Lessons Learned ~X~
5/27/22 “Don’t give a man a weapon until you’ve taught him how to dance.” ~ Irish Proverb “The ancient Irish had a saying: ‘You don’t give a man a weapon until you’ve taught him how to dance.’ In other words, a different kind of learning is required before someone can be truly trusted with social
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The Art of Inner Work -XX-
“For the alchemist the one primarily in need of redemption is not man, but the deity who is lost and sleeping in matter. Only as a secondary consideration does he hope that some benefit may accrue to himself from the transformed substance as the panacea, the medicina catholica, just as it may to the imperfect
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Afternoon Prayer -X-
“The things I have directly known but have not taught you are numerous, while the things I have taught you are few. … why, have I not taught those many things? Because they are unbeneficial, irrelevant to the fundamentals of the holy life, and do not lead to revulsion, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace,
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Evening Prayer -XLI-
“The peoplewho consider you weakhave not yet noticedthe wolf hidingbehind your eyes,nor the flamesinside your soul. Let them thinkyou are weakand do whatwolves and firedo best. Surprise themwhen they least expect it.” — Nikita Gill, Wolf and Flame (P.S. woman: 🤟🏼)
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Lessons Learned ~XX~
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