hope is an orientation of the spirit

 

Hope

is a state of mind,

not of the world. It is an

orientation of the spirit and

orientation of the heart; it transcends

the world that is immediately experienced and

is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. Hope, in

this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things

are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously

heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is

good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more propitious

the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper the hope is.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not

the conviction that something will turn out well,

but the certainty that something makes

sense, regardless of how it

turns out.
 

Václav Havel

 

lovers who burn

the compassions of Thích Quảng Đức and Malcolm Browne

 

It’s not Me

that’s glorified in acts

of worship. It’s the worshipers!

I don’t hear the words they say. I look inside at

the humility. That broken-open lowliness is the Reality,

not the language! Forget phraseology. I want burning,

burning. Be friends with your burning. Burn up

your thinking and your forms of expression!

Moses, those who pay attention to ways

of behaving and speaking are one

sort. Lovers who burn are

another.

 

Rumi

 

 

Do

you wish

to realize the Way?

Dissolve everything instantly,

like a drop of water

hitting a red-hot

coal.

 

Forget

thoughts and

feelings and ideas of self.

Remaining ordinary, foregoing airs,

persevering in simplicity for years

and decades, you enter

into the Oneness,

and it into

you.

 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 47

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