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”….I need to change, too. I need to soften, to let go of my tight empirical boundaries, to find a greater fluidity in my being. I’m seeking what the poet John Keats called negative capability, that intuitive mode of thought that allows us to reside in ‘uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after face … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
”Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” —-Wallace Stevens... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
”Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom.” —-Alain de Botton... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
”None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an afterthought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Say the truth that you’re carrying in your heart like a hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. There’s no time for anything else.” —-Anthony Hopkins... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“There is a joy in the actual taste of vanilla ice cream that does not come from knowing the chemical formula of vanilla. There is a joy, an inherent aliveness in the body that you can experience if you pay attention to your body. But if you live up in your head, in your words … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Boundaries are hard when you want to be liked and when you are a pleaser hellbent on being easy, fun, and flexible….When I do something because I feel pushed, pressured, guilt-tripped, or shamed into it, I expect people to be appreciative in addition to being respectful and professional. Ninety percent of the time they are … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“The problem is that the self that you became convinced was the real you is a phantom that exists only as an abstraction in your mind – animated by the conflicted emotional energy of separation. It’s about as real as last night’s dream. And when you stop thinking it into existence, it has no existence … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Sensations, from the beginning, involve a sort of doing. This means that, in an important sense, it is your doing self that brings your core self into being. You are responsible at the very deepest level for what it feels like to be you. But then, for your next trick, well, how about spreading some … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“But if I can bear the nights, the days are a pleasure. I walk out; I see something, some event that would otherwise have been utterly missed and lost; or something sees me, some enormous power brushes me with its clean wing, and I resound like a beaten bell.” –Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker CreekFiled … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“We find ourselves torn by confusion, by conflict, by affirmation and denial, by emotion congested by fear, congealed by pride. We are afraid of the Universe in which we live, suspicious of people around us, uncertain of the salvation of our own souls. All these things negatively react and cause physical disorders. Nature seems to … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hungry never– in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden, and unconscious, to grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.” –William …... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“There’s nothing wrong with the world. What’s wrong is our way of looking at it.” –Henry MillerFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: action, decoding, elisa, elisa's spot, elisabeth connelley, Henry Miller, instinct, Kalpataru Tree, Morning Trip, perception, prayer, reaction, self, wrong... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“There are two kinds of silence, it seems to me. One is that place where we tuck out thoughts and feelings. You can betray in silence, brood in silence, envy, pity, plot, year, admire, condemn, lie to yourself, lie to your conscience, forgive yourself, forgive others, all in silence. Love. You can love in silence. … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“The secrets to living are these: First, the past cannot be improved upon. Acknowledge what was and move on. Next, the future cannot be molded. Then, why bother? Last, nothing can ultimately be controlled; Not the past, nor the future, nor the present. Accept this moment as it is. Honoring these three, one lives without … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Experience and success don’t give you easy passage through the middle space of struggle. They only grant you a little grace, a grace that whispers, ‘This is part of the process. Stay the course.’ Experience doesn’t create even a single spark of light in the darkness of the middle space. It only instills in you …... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“In my biology class, we’d talked about the definitions of life: to be classified as a living creature, a thing needs to eat, breathe, reproduce, and grow…. Fire, by that definition, is vibrantly alive. It eats everything from wood to flesh, excreting the waste as ash, and it breathes air just like a human, taking … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“November – with uncanny witchery in its changed trees. With murky red sunsets flaming in smoky crimson behind the westering hills. With dear days when the austere woods were beautiful and gracious in a dignified serenity of folded hands and closed eyes – days full of a fine, pale sunshine that sifted through the late, … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Feeling anger, it is easy to conclude that you are angry. The problem with this conclusion is that it can go beyond a mere descriptive statement. It can become a policy statement, or a basic plank in the platform of your sense of who you are. This, in turn, means that you come to see … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“YOUR DEFECTS An empty mirror and your worst destructive habits, when they are held up to each other, that’s when the real making begins. That’s what art and crafting are. A tailor needs a torn garment to practice his expertise. The trunks of trees must be cut again and again so they can be used … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I like to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” –George Washington CarverFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: concious contact, elisa, elisa's spot, elisabeth connelley, George Washington Carver, Higher Power, listening for the answer, meditation, m... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
from within Learning to Trust Will Make Us Happy “…We find ourselves torn by confusion, by conflict, by affirmation and denial, by emotion congested by fear, congealed by pride. We are afraid of the Universe in which we live, suspicious of people around us, uncertain of the salvation of our own souls. All these things … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I watch the running sheets of light raised on the creek’s surface. The sight has the appeal of the purely passive, like the racing of light under clouds on a field, the beautiful dream at the moment of being dreamed. The breeze is the merest puff, but you yourself sail headlong and breathless under the … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Love has no claims. Love has no expectations. Most of us were raised to become prostitutes. We have the illusion that with good behavior, good grades, lot of awards, pretty clothes, nice smiles, we can buy love. How many ifs were you raised with? I love you if you make it through high school. I … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“How do we know that God isn’t in Hell, and Satan in Heaven, where he started out? Whose word do we have to go on? Dante? Milton? Literature is literature, my esteemed geniuses, but those poems of yours are just grand guesses. What if God simply couldn’t take Lucifer’s complaining and posturing and Sturming and … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“The feelings of powerlessness that often accompany failure start with those all-too-familiar ‘could have’ or ‘should have’ self-inventories. And our fear grows in tandem with the strength of our belief that an opening has been forever closed. Pervasive feelings of powerlessness eventually lead to despair. My favorite ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“When we lay claim to the evil in ourselves, we no longer fear its occurring outside of our control. For example, a patient comes into therapy complaining that he does not get along well with other people; somehow he always says the wrong thing and hurts their feelings. He is really a nice guy, just … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“When excessive energy is funneled into the cognitive/thinking process, we energetically lose our footing through life’s twists and turns. When our energy becomes entirely directed inward, it can become unforgivingly maddening!” –Raven Digitalis, quote pulled from Ritual Grounding and Elemental Realignment inside Esoteric Em... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy–that’s the vision we are given in our culture, generally, when we thing of the highest thing…Another way to look at it is that the aim of the person is not to be detached, but to be more attached–to be attached to working; to be […]... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“There is a witness who watches the obstreperous play of flame and eros and says, This is the dance of existence. A great mutual embrace is always happening between the eternal and what dies between essence and accident. We are all writing the book of love. All the particles of the world are in love … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“So I buck up and admit it. ‘OK, I think you’re probably right. Maybe I do have a problem with control. It’s just weird that you noticed. Because I don’t think it’s that obvious on the surface. I mean–I bet most people can’t see my control issues when they first look at me.'” –Elizabeth Gi... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Stop reading. Lean back. Give me your mouth. Your grace is as beautiful as sleep. You move against me like a wave That moves in sleep Your body spreads across my brain Like a bird-filled summer; Not like a body, not like a separate thing, But like a nimbus that hovers Over every other thing … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I decided to start anew–to strip away what I had been taught, to accept as true my own thinking. This was one of the best times of my life. There was no one around to look at what I was doing, no one interested, no one to say anything about it one way or another. … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“After ten thousand years of human civilization, the second Axial Age is bringing us up hard against questions that have finally become too big to look away from: Can we recognize that we are the snake in the garden? Can we own up to our abuses and begin to make restitution? Is that even possible? … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Retaining a modicum of skepticism is a wise and discriminatory quality of the reasoning mind, while retaining adamant skepticism only serves to shut the eyes of the reasoning forever.” –Mary Summer RainFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: closed minded, contempt, contempt prior to investigation, discernment, elisa, elisa's spot, eli... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“When you are feeling the discomfort from seeing other people in a lackful or needy situation, and you decide to help them from your place of discomfort, no lasting value ever occurs, for two important reasons: first, you are not in alignment with the Energy of your Source, and so you have no real value … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I do not ask of God that He should change anything in events themselves, but that He should change me in regards to things, so that I might have the power to create my own universe about me, to govern my dreams, instead of enduring them.” –Gerard de NervalFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: beliefs, creation, … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“The difference between accountability and blame is very similar to the difference between guilt and shame. Guilt gets a bad rap, but the emotional discomfort of guilt can be a powerful and healthy motivator for change. Of course, feeling guilty about something over which we have no control or something that isn’t our responsibility is ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and self-contain’d. I stand and look at them and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition. They do not awake in the dark and weep for their sins. They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God. Not … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“‘My opportunities are unlimited. There is a Divine Urge to express. It permeates me and fills all space and all people. All of my affairs are in Its hands. To It are clearly visible the best ways, methods and means for my greater expression. I leave my affairs in the hands of this principle, and … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character. We believed that the spirit pervades all creation and that every creature possesses a soul in some degree, though not necessarily a soul conscious of itself. The ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com