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Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus), male, family Phasianidae, northern India

Photograph by Sreeradha Rai

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“Women want to be loved like roses. They spend hours perfecting their eyebrows and toes and inventing irresistible curls that fall by accident down the back of their necks from otherwise austere hair-dos. They want their lover to remember the way they held a glass. They want to haunt.”

― Eve Babitz

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“I knew I’d follow him anywhere. When my sister used to talk about being in love, she said it felt like someone wrapping you inside of them. And that’s what I felt like now, like slowly I was being wrapped inside of him, inside his eyes, inside his voice, inside the way he talked about things.”

— Jaqueline Woodson, If You Come Softly

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Idaho - Buckskin Road Autumn View.

Photo ~ Kim Kirkham (Sept. 28, 2019) "Pocatello is truly beautiful" with misty Chinese Peak in the background.d

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“It’s all messy: the hair, the bed, the words, the heart. Life.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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कल चौदहवीं की रात थी शब भर रहा चर्चा तेरा

कुछ ने कहा ये चाँद है कुछ ने कहा चेहरा तेरा

कूचे को तेरे छोड़ कर जोगी ही बन जाएँ मगर

जंगल तिरे पर्बत तिरे बस्ती तिरी सहरा तेरा

इब्न ए इंशा

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"men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect".

—edgar allan poe,

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A husband and wife decided they needed to use "code" to indicate that they wanted to have sex without letting their children in on it. They decided on the word Typewriter. One day the husband told his five year old daughter, "Go tell your mommy that daddy needs to type a letter". The child told her mother what her dad said, and her mom responded, "Tell your daddy that he can't type a letter right now cause there is a red ribbon in the typewriter." The child went back to tell her father what mommy said. A few days later the mom told the daughter, "Tell daddy that he can type that letter now." The child told her father, returned to her mother and announced, "Daddy said never mind with the typewriter, he already wrote the letter by hand."

#this is a joke

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“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.” ~ The Buddha (The Dhammapada, verse 39)

This quote is a reminder that our fears are often rooted in our desires. When we want something, we are afraid of not getting it. When we have something, we are afraid of losing it.

The Buddha is not saying that we should not have any desires. He is simply saying that we should not be attached to our desires. When we are attached to our desires, we are more likely to suffer when we do not get what we want or when we lose what we have.

When our minds are not filled with desires, we are free from fear. We are able to accept things as they are and to live in the present moment.

Seer & Sage

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*एक बार की बात है संत तुकाराम अपने आश्रम में बैठे हुए थे। तभी उनका एक शिष्य, जो स्वाभाव से थोड़ा क्रोधी था उनके समक्ष आया और बोला-*

*गुरूजी, आप कैसे अपना व्यवहार इतना मधुर बनाये रहते हैं, ना आप किसी पे क्रोध करते हैं और ना ही किसी को कुछ भला-बुरा कहते हैं? कृपया अपने इस अच्छे व्यवहार का रहस्य बताइए?*

*संत बोले- मुझे अपने रहस्य के बारे में तो नहीं पता, पर मैं तुम्हारा रहस्य जानता हूँ !*

*“मेरा रहस्य! वह क्या है गुरु जी?” शिष्य ने आश्चर्य से पूछा।*

*”तुम अगले एक हफ्ते में मरने वाले हो!” संत तुकाराम दुखी होते हुए बोले।*

*कोई और कहता तो शिष्य ये बात मजाक में टाल सकता था, पर स्वयं संत तुकाराम के मुख से निकली बात को कोई कैसे काट सकता था?*

*शिष्य उदास हो गया और गुरु का आशीर्वाद ले वहां से चला गया।*

*उस समय से शिष्य का स्वभाव बिलकुल बदल सा गया। वह हर किसी से प्रेम से मिलता और कभी किसी पे क्रोध न करता, अपना ज्यादातर समय ध्यान और पूजा में लगाता। वह उनके पास भी जाता जिससे उसने कभी गलत व्यवहार किया था और उनसे माफ़ी मांगता। देखते-देखते संत की भविष्यवाणी को एक हफ्ते पूरे होने को आये।*

*शिष्य ने सोचा चलो एक आखिरी बार गुरु के दर्शन कर आशीर्वाद ले लेते हैं। वह उनके समक्ष पहुंचा और बोला-*

*गुरुजी, मेरा समय पूरा होने वाला है, कृपया मुझे आशीर्वाद दीजिये!”*

*“मेरा आशीर्वाद हमेशा तुम्हारे साथ है पुत्र। अच्छा, ये बताओ कि पिछले सात दिन कैसे बीते? क्या तुम पहले की तरह ही लोगों से नाराज हुए, उन्हें अपशब्द कहे?”*

*संत तुकाराम ने प्रश्न किया।*

*“नहीं-नहीं, बिलकुल नहीं। मेरे पास जीने के लिए सिर्फ सात दिन थे, मैं इसे बेकार की बातों में कैसे गँवा सकता था?*

*मैं तो सबसे प्रेम से मिला, और जिन लोगों का कभी दिल दुखाया था उनसे क्षमा भी मांगी” शिष्य तत्परता से बोला।*

*"संत तुकाराम मुस्कुराए और बोले, “बस यही तो मेरे अच्छे व्यवहार का रहस्य है।"*

*"मैं जानता हूँ कि मैं कभी भी मर सकता हूँ, इसलिए मैं हर किसी से प्रेमपूर्ण व्यवहार करता हूँ, और यही मेरे अच्छे व्यवहार का रहस्य है।*

*शिष्य समझ गया कि संत तुकाराम ने उसे जीवन का यह पाठ पढ़ाने के लिए ही मृत्यु का भय दिखाया था ।*

*रवि, सोम, मंगल, बुध, गुरु, शुक्र और शनि, आठवां दिन तो बना ही नहीं है।*

Prit Paul Goyal

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" The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. "

— Voltaire

In other words we can say ----

" What we know is a drop; what we don't know is an ocean."

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"For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'? Heaven is neither a place nor a time." ~ Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale's quote is a beautiful and insightful definition of mysticism.

Nightingale is saying that mysticism is not about external practices or rituals. It is about an inward disposition, a state of being. It is about opening ourselves to the divine presence that is within us all.

Nightingale is also saying that mysticism is not about going to some other place or time. It is about experiencing heaven here and now. Heaven is not a physical place. It is a state of consciousness. When we are open to the divine presence within us, we are experiencing heaven

Seer & Sage

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