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93 Awesome Inspirational Quotes
“Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than Jewels.” Hazrat Inayat Khan
I hope you enjoy my list 93 awesome inspirational quotes. This handpicked list of favorites is a diverse selection that was slowly compiled over my life. This is no cut & paste job with excess crap. It’s my absolute Favorite Inspirational Quotes. Hope you enjoy and share…
My Top Ten Inspirational Quotes
“No man is free who is not master of himself.” Epictetus
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
“A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” Bob Dylan
“The appearances of things change according to the emotions, and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” Kahlil Gibran
“First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.” Epictetus
“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision.” Muhammad Ali
“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.” Antoine de Sainte Exupery
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Internet Zen Haiku and Funny Zen Proverbs
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The website you seek
cannot be located now
endless others exist
Internet Zen Haiku
Randomly wandering in cyberspace; I found this Funny Internet Zen Haiku. Unexpectedly, I burst out laughing and instantly realized I was pure E.y.D material. I decided to do something new and illustrate the quote in a picture for social media purposes. Then the search continued and I found three more proverbs that got the lol go ahead. I hope you enjoy this short illustrated post.
Sharing is Loving… Peace. E.y.D
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Simple examples of enlightenment From the Power of Now
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Simple examples of enlightenment From the Power of Now
“I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don’t know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten” The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
I have always been intrigued by enlightenment, but it seemed so complicated; so unattainable. Then I read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and realized it was simple. The Power of Now gave two great examples that enlightened everything.
Simple Enlightenment: Craving Your Favorite dish.
“Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.” Eckhart Tolle
I’m a carnivore who loves fillet Mignon, rack of lamb, and grease cheeseburgers. I get irresistible cravings that need satisfying. Visualize for a moment your favorite meal. Imagine the smell tantalizing your senses as all your attention shifts to the simple pleasure of tasting something wonderful. That first mouth watering bite is heaven on earth. Hummm… You say to yourself. Ahhh – Yes I deserve something this great. And isn’t always the first bite that taste the best? Hummm… Yes. Yes it is, or at least for me, it was.
Then the second bite, third and so on, but before it’s over, something gets lost along the way. The flavors settle in as each bite becomes less and less fulfilling. By then time I finish a cheeseburger, I barely notice the last bite. So what changes? I do. My attention to the present moment shifts. My senses lose focus as life and its messy confusion of thoughts start turning my cerebral wheel of unrest.
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Quotes and passages of poetic beauty from Shantaram
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“Sometimes we love with nothing more then hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears. In the end that’s all we have — to hold on tight until dawn.” Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts p. 346
I don’t know how to express my love for Shantaram. I fear defining it, or labelling it. There is no value in understanding the reasons why I love this book. Reason and love have no connection in art. The art that captures us, is the art we dare not make reasonable. Great art is made up of emotions and expressions that move us. The truth I realized in the heart of Shantaram, is that we are all, everyone of us, is moving towards or away for God. And with that, a little bit of my soul swept forward into the light.
“To know the truth, all you have to do is close your eyes…. We can know God, for example, and we can know sadness. We can know dreams, and we can know love. But none of these are real, in our usual sense of things that exist in the world and seem real. We cannot weight them, or measure their length, or find their basic parts in an atom smasher. Which is why they are possible. “ Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts p. 196 Read More→
