17 February 2011

Yielding is the process by which force is transformed to energy.
ice
water
steam

George Brecht

16 February 2011

Tai Chi puts the devil in me
the passion of my non-knowing
Unsure of my self

15 February 2011

The rock as a gentle shoulder.

Karin Lessing
Humility – receptivity. Ready to yield. Yielding mind. Technically it means the legs are always bending.

14 February 2011

Love & humility. Love is giving of the heart; humility is receiving to the heart.
Central Equilibrium.
And prayer hems the dance – the day.

13 February 2011

it involves us moving past our solitude without losing ourselves in the anonymous status of a false community

Maurice de Gandillac
The privilege of poverty
an objective uncertainty held fast in passionate inwardness

John D Caputo

12 February 2011

A difficult one to learn, especially for those reared in a culture that spoils, is that the important things in life don't happen because I want them to, or because I demand they do, or because I pay for them to, but because I deserve them.

11 February 2011

Real education is not about learning new things but about unlearning old things.

09 February 2011

Dance precedes and succeeds work. To bring me into the fullness of my body, and give me the heart to contain and nurture what proceeds.