“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.” ―Walt Whitman
What beliefs have you discarded because they insulted your soul?
Author: clfuu
Up and Away
Who hasn’t had the fantasy of being carried away by a flock of colorful balloons, floating above the world you know on a bumping and squeaking cloud of joy?
What joy carries you up out of your ordinary existence?
Impermanence
The Buddha taught that we must learn to love the world without attachment, for all things are transient. Plum blossoms teach the same lesson.
What do you love, knowing you will only have it for a moment?
Something that has No Name
“Inside us there is something that has no name; that something is what we are.” ―José Saramago
What name do you give to the nameless something that defines you?
Bowed in Prayer
From Sufis spinning with one hand to the sky and one to the earth to Muslims prostrating toward Mecca, religions around the world connect the body to the spirit in prayer. Even people who do not have a traditional prayer practice connect body and spirit through dance, yoga, chant or countless other means.
How do you connect your body and your spirit?