and I said to the almond tree - sister, speak to me of god...
and the almond tree blossomed...
(Author unknown)

Some Gems from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj


"Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,
Love is knowing I am everything,
and between the two my life moves.”

“What is the root of pain?
Ignorance of self.
What is the root of desire?
The urge to find self.
All creation toils for its self
and will not rest
until it returns to it.”

"As water remains water regardless of the vessels, as light remains itself regardless of the colours it brings out, so does the real remain real regardless of conditions in which it is reflected.”

“It is in the nature of truth or love, cosmic consciousness, to express itself, to affirm itself, to overcome difficulties. Once you’ve understood that the world is love in action, consciousness or love in action, you will look at it quite differently. But first your attitude to suffering must change. Suffering is primarily a call for attention, which itself is a movement of love. More than happiness, love wants growth, the widening and deepening of awareness and consciousness and being. Whatever prevents that becomes a cause of pain, and love does not shirk from pain.”

"Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear--the earth remains... Turning Plato and Hegel on their heads I sometimes choose to think, no doubt perversely, that man is a dream, thought an illusion, and only rock is real. Rock and sun."

Edward Abbey

"This life is lost, stop the world and push me off"

-me

This is from the book "Report to Greco" by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Here are a few more gems from said book:

"The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create God, that God is not man's ancestor, but his descendant."

"By means of poetry all this suffering and effort could be transformed into dream; no matter how much of the ephemeral existed, poetry could immortalize it by turning it into song. Only two or three primitive passions had governed me until this time: fear, the struggle to conquer fear, and the yearning for freedom. But now two new passions were kindled inside me: beauty and the thirst for learning."

"Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope."

"everything is unnatural until it is found in a plant"

- Ringworm

"You're pretending you're not God."

-Alan Watts

"Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry’s ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"The past does not repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes"

"Hi there. I doubt you remember me but we were in like the same first grade class together. I don't mean to be like the creepiest person ever but I had a dream with you in it the other night lol so I thought I would friend on you fb. weird I know".

"never trust quotes on the internet; anyone, at anytime, can make up anything, and attribute it to anyone" - eratosthenes

They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven't proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven't seen the stats on that yet.


bill hicks rip
20 years today