Look Within Yourself. . .

The quieter you are able to become
The more you are able to hear.
- Zen Saying

You wander from room to room
Hunting for the diamond necklace
That is already around your neck!
- Rumi

Within yourself
Is a stillness and a sanctuary
To which you can retreat at any time
And be yourself.
- Hermann Hesse



There is a silence
Into which the world cannot intrude.
There is an ancient peace
You carry in your heart
And have not lost.
- A Course in Miracles

Settle in solitude
And you will come upon Him
In yourself.
- St. Teresa

Your vision will become clear only
When you can look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakes.
- Carl Jung

What you are looking for is what is looking.
- St. Francis of Assisi

And Look All Around You. . .

The miracle is not to fly in the air,
Or to walk on the water:
But to walk on the Earth.
- Chinese Proverb

Love all God's creations
Both the whole and every grain of sand
Love every leaf, every ray of light.
Love the animals, love the plants,
Love each separate thing.
If thou love each thing
Thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all. . .
- Fyodor Dostoevsky



Praying is not about asking
It's about listening. . .
It is just opening your eyes to see
What was there all along.
- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

How can the drops of water
Know themselves to be a river?
- Zen saying

I believe God is everything. . .
Everything that is or ever was or ever will be.
And when you can feel that,
And be happy to feel that, you've found it. . .
My first step from the old white man was trees.
Then air. Then birds. Then other people.
But one day when I was sitting quiet and feeling like a motherless child,
Which I was, it came to me:
That feeling of being part of everything,
Not separate at all.
I know that if I cut a tree,
My arm would bleed.
And I laughed and I cried
And I ran all around the house.
I knew just what it was.
In fact, when it happens,
You can't miss it.
- Alice Walker