We all come in folded layers. And in those folds lie the secrets of ourselves. It is our task to unfold ourselves.
Metaphors are wonderful expressions of the eloquence of life. But life is more than metaphors. Metaphors can trigger beautiful and transformational experiences and can enhance our understanding, but they are not the experiences or the understanding themselves.
Life is not just a technique. It is a discovery. And a process.
The unity of man and spirit becomes apparent in the similar descriptions of him in virtually all cultures and all sacred traditions the world over.
Why, I regularly ask myself, do most men work so persistently at overcoming themselves?
The primordial urges of man are often spoken of in negative terms, but man also has urges to become better than he is.
One cannot fully appreciate the beauty of a butterfly if he does not know that first it was a caterpillar.
Transformation does not usually occur in the collective, but in the individual. Perhaps that is one of the reasons we hear so little about it.
Society or humanity will never be transformed until the individual is transformed. That is why all the legislation of governments will never reform nations.
This is the greatest truism about man ever discovered: He is a god in embryo. But it is he who determines whether the embryo gives birth.
Oh, Man! Wake up. Give birth. Examine yourself, and spread your wings.
1 comment:
I just read your last three entries (first time I've been at the computer for a few days) and there are so many good things I could comment on. I especially like the thoughts related to the one saying that we should spend more time realizing our strengths and blessings and less time concentrating on our weaknesses. If we were to do that we would, I think, find that our strengths become greater and our weaknesses less and we would certainly realize that we have far more blessings than we are often conscious of. (By the way, when are you going to start adding more to your blog?)
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