January 2012
16 posts
“We are all in this together. So when you realize that you’re talking to yourself, label it “thinking” and notice your tone of voice. Let it be compassionate and gentle and humorous. Then you’ll be changing old stuck patterns that are shared by the whole human race. Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.”
—Pema Chodron
“Why does the writer write? To share his heart. Why does the reader read or the watcher watch? To share the heart of the writer.”
—Milagro 6×18: I live in my head. | Musings of an X-Phile
“I’d invite you to consider the very real possibility that one of these people, the person who these CEOs, world leaders, and even community leaders can look up to—a person who is setting a groundbreaking example of leading from love, a person who is integrating passion and peace in a serious and focused way, a person who is moving the needle for a world in transition, that this person, this unique individual leading from creative ecsasty, is none other than you. And that 2012 is the year in which you tap the courage and engage the practice to do so.”
—The Four Steps of Creative Ecstasy | Integral Life
“The magic, the real tricky bit of a life in practice, is to be so wildly passionate about something that you’re indifferent about nothing and in turn not attached to anything.”
—The Four Steps of Creative Ecstasy | Integral Life
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- Be unflinchingly honest with yourself and others about who you are and what you are called to do. It is unique and valuable, and at its core will be driven by love as all creativity is.
- Take radical responsibility for that vision and never rely on validation from others in order to execute it; your vision is fully your responsibility.
- Tap the self-emptying courage required when the terror of that responsibility meets you face to face and forces you to surrender your ego into that fear.
- Cultivate the affectionate detachment to the results of your actions that will sustain your presence and courage and ultimately keep your vision fresh, alive and unstoppable.
“History tells us that titles such as master and even artist, are bestowed upon the practitioner by the observer. The public deemed the artists and practitioners masters, not the artists themselves. Self-proclaimed titles of master or artist are simply signs of impatience.”
—Adam King, The Year of Zen
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“Facing it — always facing it — that’s the way to get through. Face it!”
—Joseph Conrad
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