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Posts from the ‘Curiosity’ Category

Jun 4

Layers and Landscapes

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”― Henry David Thoreau

“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn’t uncertainty. It’s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”― Tony Schwartz

Curiosity
Interest
Inquiry
Seeking
Discovery
Surprise
Spaciousness
Playground, open field, horizons
Fresh eyes, new landscapes.

“It’s a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness.― Pema Chodron

Aug 16

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Elevate

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” – Henry David Thoreau

“You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational mind doesn’t nourish you. You assume that it gives you the truth, because the rational mind is the golden calf that this culture worships, but this is not true. Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.”― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

Quiet to hear.
Pause to redirect.
Anchor to transcend.
Elevate with curiosity, exploration, iteration, emergence, unfamiliar, unfolding, mystery, awe and wonder.

“Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.” – David Lynch

Jun 17

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This Hour, This Day

“Peace is always beautiful.” ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.”― Walt Whitman

Life expands and deepens when we don’t put it in a small box to make us feel comfortable.
Assuming the best in others will certainly burn us once in a while.
Assuming the worst in others will certainly burn us all of the time.
Inquiry leads to discovery.
Ask, listen, learn.
Change your mind.
Curiosity, the key to unlock what resides beneath the surface.
Open the door. And window.
Cross the threshold.
Fresh open air.
Big, beautiful world here and now.

“Be curious, not judgmental.” – Walt Whitman