Allthingsbudda - What We Think, We Become

This is exactly what my friend, Vernon says I am. Uh oh.

Life is really simple. But we insist on making it complicated.

 Confucius (via imkrizzaforyou)

Being heroic is a phenomenon that surpasses collectivity, it has to do with personal overcoming of boundaries or obstacles, as well as the process of individuation. Self knowledge and the heroic element go hand in hand as it seems. Each trial or new feat demands a further expansion of the self. And who is more representative of this prototype than Hercules? Hercules is complex, multidimensional, his grandeur is shown early on but his ego doesn’t trap him, he doesn’t become self-conceited; he endures new tests and challenges no matter what, he accepts aids, he doesn’t stay fixed in what he already knows about himself, he evolves. Giant stone “Hand of Hercules” (part of a missing statue?), Amman, Jordan. What is less known about Hercules is that before he becomes a hero inside the Greek mythical lore he was known as a spirit who belonged to the family of the enigmatic demons called Dactyls (that means fingers).

Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burnt

Buddha (via miami-klass)

So True :D

Catching the Light by drlafreniere

To understand meditation in a nutshell, go get a camera and take two pictures of the same thing.

For the first, hold your camera as still as possible, and take a picture.

For the second, shake your camera back and forth as fast as you can while you snap the photo.

The difference between...