a mind constrained by its own special proficiencies and formation

mind

1 : recollection, memory (keep that in mind) (time out of mind)
2 a : the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons
b : the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism
c : the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism
3 : intention, desire (I changed my mind)
4 : the normal or healthy condition of the mental faculties
5 : opinion, view
6 : disposition, mood

For me the solution has to be primarily spiritual and secondarily political . . . By spiritual I mean the acknowledgement that our connection to one another and the planet must be prioritised.

A stubborn student is one who works but who insists on doing it their way. Ultimately they have no one to blame but themselves for their lack of real (energetic / spiritual) progress. And ultimately, we are all stubborn, and our vigilance should be directed at that – the struggle for endless correction.

Moods are best washed away with water.

Nothing within the cosmos contains the ground of its own being.

today all the tints
of grey are nourished
by a gentle rain
each thing is extended
in tenderness beyond
its own outline
hill moistened into sky
birch into larch wood

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Connecting means to let go of yourself and not separate from the opponent.

seek the source of movement

The five elements are: advance (fire), retreat (water), step to the left (wood), step to the right (metal), and stay in the center (earth).

Once you have achieved moving with awareness, then you will be able to identify energies.

I want them to plant their feet, feel their weight, and forget that they’re posing.

a moment of unsettling delight

trustingly open to the sheer inexplicable givenness of the world

the charming mythopoeia of materialism

To live a life that pleases God. This is the raison d'être for the religious. But what sort of life – of living – pleases God? Is he pleased when I am good, when I am passionate, when I am creating, when I am helpful, when I am free and full of joy, or when I am purely mindful of my deep yearning for him? I guess a balance of these.