Learn The Truth, Learn To Listen To The Sanctuaries Of Trees

Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.

~ Herman Hesse

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[GMW #2896]

The Fully Present Mind Can Shatter Time & Burst Into Now

At any moment the fully present mind can 

shatter time and burst into Now.
~ David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart

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[GMW #2856]

How to Train Your Brain to See What Others Don't

How to Train Your Brain to See What Others Don't
Remember the last time you had an 'aha' moment? The pleasure of a new and profound insight can leave us with that feeling of freshness and awe at witnessing something for the very first time. It is a deeply satisfying in itself and needs no external rewards. Cognitive psychologist, Gary Klein researches the science behind these epiphanies and shares his findings so that we can cultivate habits that make our mind fertile for such insights and realizations. "So do we have any control over these insights, and is there a way to train the brain to become more attuned to them? Insights may be unexpected, but we can actually teach ourselves to see connections that others may never notice," he says. This article shares five key things you should know about insight and how to invite it into your life. { read more }

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[GMW #2842]

Harmonize Your Mind For Harmony

A harmonized mind produces 

harmony in this world of seeming discord.

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

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[GMW #2801]

Make Your Meditation A Continuous State Of Mind

Make your meditation a continuous state of mind.
A great worship is going on all the time, so
nothing should be neglected or excluded from your
constant meditative awareness.
~ Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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[GMW #2959]

None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds

None but ourselves can free our minds.
~ Bob Marley

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[GMW #2930]

Love With Gravities Grace

In work of love, the body forgets its weight. And once again with

love and singing in mind, I come to what must come to me,

carried as a dancer by a song. 

This grace is gravity.

~ Wendell Berry

The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry, "Elegy"

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[GMW #3092]

Know Heart Silence

When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, 
knows the supreme silence in the Heart, 
this is true learning.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

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[GMW #2986]

Connect With Your Creative Side

Observe everything, connect, daydream, be resilient and courageous.
Ask big questions. Write. See new, fresh possibilities in life.
Follow your passion. Surround yourself with beauty.
Change based on situation and context.
Allow curiosity, inspiration and ideas to arise.
Expand your knowledge, experience, abilities, and sense of self.
Have a clear focused mind, meditate, be mindful.

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[GMW #2980]

Nature Sparkles With Light

To the dull mind all nature is leaden.
To the illumined mind
the whole world burns and sparkles with light.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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[GMW #2978]

Renew Yourself With Peaceful Mind Retreat

There is nowhere that a one can find a more
peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in one's own mind
... So constantly give yourself this retreat, and
renew yourself.~ Marcus Aurelious
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[GMW #2977]

My Soul I Summon

My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair;
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,
Upon the broken, crumbling battlement,
Upon the breathless starlit air,
Upon the star that marks the hidden pole;
Fix every wandering thought upon
That quarter where all thought is done:
Who can distinguish darkness from the soul
~ William Butler Yeats

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