There is no coming to consciousness without pain. -carl jung

its a hard knock life

philosophical abode

We must not, therefore, wonder whether we really perceive a world, we must instead say: the world is what we perceive - Merleau Ponty

its one of those days

God fixes a passionate desire in you, 
and then disappoints you. 
God does that a hundred times!
God breaks the wings of one intention
 and then gives you another,
 cuts the rope of contriving,
 so you’ll remember your dependence.
But sometimes your plans work out!
 You feel fulfilled and in control.
That’s because, if you were always failing, 
you might give up. But remember,
 it is by failures that lovers
 stay aware of how they are loved.
Failure is the key
 to the kingdom within.
Your prayer should be, “Break the legs 
of what I want to happen. Humiliate
 my desire. Eat me like candy. 
It’s spring and finally 
I have no will.”
Rumi

light gray light blue light

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. -Epicurus

(Jessierosevala)

“Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.” -Gurdjieff

Andre Breton

"Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten. "

"Warriorship is a basic sense of unshakeability. It's a sense of immovability and self-existing dignity rather than that you are trying to fight with something else."-Chogyam Trungpa

bathing in light

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging

-Chogyam Trungpa

enchanted golden rays of something

(jessierosevala)

psychedelic experience can improve quality of life

science community and modern society are much more receptive towards psychedelic experiences and their potential to cure depression, improve relationships, and boost subjective well-being.
don't believe me, experience it for yourself...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/science/12psychedelics.html?ref=science

life punched me right in the soul

two glasses of whiskey later, I heard these cats playing sweet hymns that restored my soul to it's full upright seated possition.

http://www.myspace.com/runonsentencemusic

!!!!!!!!!!RGWRGKQ#%O^52345234rljrglwuoifgu!$%@#$^!!!!!

trying to articulate the sensations swirling inside my chest as result of the playful scenarios manifested through the collaborations of a husband/wife team: APAK = high frequency vibrations of the highest caliber of cute

change is the result of all true learning- Leo F. Buscaglia

(jeana sohn)

(Betsey Walton) (seasquirt)

crystal rain falls from black clouds- persian proverb

(whitewhitebrowntwig)

David Herbert crystal palace

made with plexiglas and glue

I call architecture frozen music. -Goethe

zoom in zoom out

“Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.” - Maharishi Mahesh
(Chris Ballantyne)

balance between the left and right hemisphere of the brain

"As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw."— Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

I want to eat chips and salsa for the rest of my life

beauty crystalized within cosmic consciousness

it came from the heart..

symptoms of wind

Tim Knowles (tree drawings)