We get lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems. Nature can show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our own minds.
Nature can Show Us the Way Home
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Nature
Stop, Look, and Listen
"Everything natural - every flower, tree, and animal - has important lessons to teach us if we only STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN."
Love is our Nature
"If there are no barriers, love will show itself. It is not necessary to persuade it or to guide it. Every man would be filled with love if it weren’t for the barriers of false culture and of degrading and harmful traditions. Nothing can stifle love. Love is...
Bring Awareness to the Sounds of Nature
"Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature - The rustling of leaves in the wind, Raindrops falling, The humming of an insect, The first birdsong at dawn."
Identification with your Mind
"Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship. It comes between you and yourself, between you and your fellow man and woman, between you and nature, between you...
Everything is simply Happy
"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars. And if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or...
The Nature of Man
"Such is the nature of man, that for your first gift - he prostrates himself; for your second - kisses your hand; for the third - fawns for the fourth - just nods his head once; for the fifth - becomes too familiar; for the sixth - insults you and for the seventh -...
Decent Man
"A decent man will behave decently even if he thinks that he has been treated unjustly or wrongly. But many people in such circumstances show a side of their nature which otherwise they would never show. And at times it is a necessary means for exposing a man's...
Allow Nature to Teach you Stillness
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness."
Men are Nearly Alike
"By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart."