Category Archives: natural philosophy

Three Realities of Wabi Sabi

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

by Richard Powell (May 24, 2013) The complexity of life can mask its poignancy. The web of daily tasks and events can seem so manifold, so knotty and tangled, that the deeper richness contained within them gets overshadowed, lost in … Continue reading →

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There is Beauty in Not Knowing

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

by Richard Feynman (May 10, 2013) I have a friend who is an artist, and has sometimes taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a flower and say “Look how beautiful it is” and I’ll agree. And he says: … Continue reading →

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True Integrity As Fidelity To Truth

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

by Aisha Salem (May 3, 2013) In the turnover from the personal to the impersonal, the clear and truly loving, we face a definite turnover of our very understanding of what integrity is. In the exact same way as the definition of … Continue reading →

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The Frontier Is Everywhere

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

by Carl Sagan (Apr 26, 2013)  We were hunters and foragers. The frontier was everywhere. We were bounded only by the Earth, and the ocean, and the sky. The open road still softly calls. Our little terraqueous globe is the madhouse of … Continue reading →

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To All Heart Warriors…

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

by Georgia Simone (Apr 19, 2013)   The truth is, your heart is already and always free. The truth is, that as you rest your attention more and more into the love that you are, prior to all thoughts, emotions, and sensations – the … Continue reading →

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Micro Moments of Love

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

by Barbara Frederickson (Apr 12, 2013) It’s time to upgrade our view of love. First and foremost, love is an emotion, a momentary state that arises to infuse your mind and body alike. Love, like all emotions, surfaces like a distinct … Continue reading →

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Kindness and Rebellion

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

–by Sharon Salzberg (Mar 15, 2013) A friend of mine, at the end of a retreat, offered a provocative reflection that intrigued and inspired me. After looking intensively at her inner experience for nine days of meditation and seeing many of her … Continue reading →

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Lifting The Human Spirit

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

by Carl Sagan  (Mar 08, 2013) We had an expansive run in the ’60s and ’70s. You might have thought, as I did then, that our species would be on Mars before the century was over. But instead, we’ve pulled inward. Robots aside, we’ve backed off from … Continue reading →

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Power-With: Everything We Do Has Ripples Of Influence

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

by Joanna Macy  (Mar 01, 2013) The word power comes from the Latin possere, meaning “be able.” The kind of power I will focus is not about dominating others but about being able to address the mess we’re in. Rather than … Continue reading →

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The Birth and Movement Of True Love

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

–by Adyashanti (Feb 22, 2013) Spiritual people often want unconditional support and understanding from their friends, family, and mates, but all too often seem blind to their own shortcomings when it comes to the amount of unconditional support and understanding that they … Continue reading →

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