my heart is afraid that it will have to suffer...

tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself - and that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with eternity.


the alchemist

don't believe everything you think

many people
will walk in and
out of your life,

but only true friends
will leave footprints
in your heart

to be great, be whole

don’t make anything you are bigger or into nothing

be all in everything

lay as much as you are in the least thing you do.

there is no such thing as a person
there are only restrictions and limitations
the sum total of these defines the person
(...)

the person merely appears to be,
like the space within the pot appears
to have the shape and volume
and smell of the pot

l'esprit cherche

et c'est le coeur

qui trouve

the old woman I shall become

will be quite different from the

woman I am now       -

another I is beginning....

sometimes it's harder to attain inner silence than outer silence
 
the dog stopped barking and the kids have gone to bed,
but your mind has a lot to talk about and
it knows you can't pretend you're not at home....

to enjoy the rainbow,

first enjoy the rain......

in het lezen schuilt wijsheid,

in het spreken ligt de verbinding,

in de stilte de waarheid...

in the vastness of the sky
without center or edges,
the sun shines, illuminating
all things without choosing.

this is the way you should help beings.

weerspiegelend
een jij en een ik
een zucht en een zoen
scharlaken tekens
van wachtende eeuwigheid.

als de ijzeren arend vliegt
en de paarden op wielen gaan,
zal het tibetaanse volk verstrooid worden over de aarde
en zal de dhamma naar het land van de rode mensen gaan.

     happiness
     I love you
     lying here next to me...

when was the last time
you sat alone with the silence,
traveling to the deepest part
of your being?

when was the last time
you said hello to your soul?