Through the disciplined precision of our efforts, we'll come again and again to our edge--the difficult places beyond which we've previously been unable to move. Through the willingness to soften and surrender to what is, we learn that we can gradually move beyond that edge. It is only through this interplay of hard and soft, of effort and letting be, of will and willingness, that we learn to our amazement that we can emerge from the lifelong tunnel of fear that constitutes our substitute life into the nitty-gritty reality of our genuine one.
-Ezra Bayda, from Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life (Shambhala)
image source: FlatEarth_by nunoxei.com
12 comments:
wow!
a FEW nice, new photographs, here!
hope things are great in the studio!
peace~
Chuck
this is so true...reaching ever outward to the edges of our boundaries...and then beyond.
how right you are. 2nd, 3rd, 4th attempts are needed sometimes...
I love you Calli.
Hugs for the thoughts you leave here for us.
Yes I always believe such. Lovely words, you. Thanks for sharing them.
exactly so, calli... one cannot fly rooted in one place or space :)
love the picture Calli.....the words tell the story of overlapping and why it seems the unanswered personal questions take so long to comprehend....the journey IS truly the answer........
What a wonderful quote. This is a book I'd like to read, Calli. The picture is perfect for this, too.
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A very nice and sharp photo and I really love it.
Your post reminds me of having a balance in life, interplay of hard and soft response, which I am agree with you.
Thank Calli and have a lovely weekend
i think that's my house!
deep calls to deep.....
an interesting thought, and very true too...
Thanks Calli, x
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