Quotes
"Men have become the tools of their tools." -Henry David Thoreau.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived...I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms..." -Henry David Thoreau.
"One day the sun admitted
I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The Infinite Incandescence
That has cast my brilliant image!
I wish I could show you
When you are lonely or in darkness
The astonishing Light
Of your own Being!"
~ Hafiz
"Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams."
Murasaki Shikibu
Everyone turns their mind to God in adversity but not in prosperity. If one were to turn to God in prosperity, there would be no room for adversity.
(And so let's turn to darkness when there is plenty of light in our life)
Everybody stays within the limits of the mind - no one has transcended the limits of the mind. Those who have gone beyond the limits of the mind, they alone know the joys of life - Kabir
Dear Friend,
Steady my hand,
Still my mind,
And open my heart,
Shed me of my stories,
So I may be a conduit for your love,
So I may see clearly,
Love fiercely,
And be truly alive
- Anonymous
David Whyte's poem Sweet Darkness points out:
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness
to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
The ground of the soul is dark.
-Meister Eckhart
In a sense, mindfulness is the simultaneous practice of concentration, the ability to stabilise the mind without distraction, and decentration, the ability to open attention to whatever is arising
According to Mantak Chia (in the book Darkness Technology, available in the Resources section):
"The darkness actualises successively higher states of divine consciousness, correlating with the synthesis and accumulation of psychedelic chemicals in the brain.
Melatonin, a regulatory hormone, quiets the body and mind in preparation for higher consciousness's finer and subtler realities (Days 1 to 3).
Pinoline, affecting the brain's neurotransmitters, permits visions and dream states to emerge in our conscious awareness (Days 3 to 5).
Eventually, the brain synthesises the 'spirit molecules' 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) and dimethyltryptamine (DMT), facilitating the transcendental experiences of universal love and compassion (Days 6 to 12)."
"Don't you know yet?
It is your light
that lights the worlds."
Unknown
DIVE DEEP DOWN INTO SILENCE, DEEPER AND EVER DEEPER UNTIL IT IS REACHED.
Ramana Maharshi