How
amazing it is
that all people have this but
cannot polish it into bright clarity.
In darkness unawakened, they
make foolishness cover
their wisdom.
Author Archives → Brian
only love
Darkness
cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that. Hate cannot
drive out hate; only love
can do that.
January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968
the grounds for hope are in the shadows
The grounds
for hope are in the shadows,
in the people who are inventing the world
while no one looks, who themselves don’t know yet
whether they will have any effect, in the people you have
not yet heard of who will be the next Cesar Chavez, the next
Noam Chomsky, the next Cindy Sheehan, or become something
you cannot yet imagine. In this epic struggle between light and dark,
it’s the dark side — that of the anonymous, the unseen, the officially
powerless, the visionaries and subversives in the shadows —
that we must hope for. For those onstage, we can just
hope the curtain comes down soon and the
next act is better, that it comes more
directly from the populist
shadows.
the taming power of the great
Be
the same
all the way through:
quiet, still, at home. In the
absence of mind, all phenomena
can be seen for what they
are: empty. This is
freedom.
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remember
Remind
yourself every morning,
every morning, every morning:
“I’m going to do something. I’ve made a
commitment.” Not for yourself, but
beyond yourself. You belong to
the collective. Don’t go
wandering off or you
will perish.
