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have faith

Neil — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:40:29 +0000

“Have faith in the photograph you want to make…

…and wait for it.”

- Ben Chrisman

Mind Like Water – cultivation – Tao 54

Neil — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:10:18 +0000

Cultivate harmony within yourself, and harmony becomes real;
Cultivate harmony within your family, and harmony becomes fertile;
Cultivate harmony within your community, and harmony becomes abundant;
Cultivate harmony within your culture, and harmony becomes enduring;
Cultivate harmony within the world, and harmony becomes ubiquitous.

Live with a person to understand that person;
Live with a family to understand that family;
Live with a community to understand that community;
Live with a culture to understand that culture;
Live with the world to understand the world.

How can I live with the world?
By accepting.

Tao 54 – TaoTeChing.org

This very moment

Neil — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:00:07 +0000

“This very moment is the perfect teacher.”

- Pema Chodron

be still with yourself

Neil — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:58:34 +0000

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

~Minor White

Mind Like Water: Matthew 6:22-23

Neil — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:20:23 +0000

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

BibleGateway.com – Matthew 6:22-23

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Mind Like Water – Clarity 52

Neil — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:26:32 +0000

Reserve your judgments and words
And you maintain your influence;
Speak your mind and take positions
And nothing will save you.

As observing detail is clarity,
So maintaining flexibility is strength;
Use the light but shed no light,
So that you do yourself no harm,

But embrace clarity.

Tao Te Ching 52

spirit stands still long enough

Neil — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:58:01 +0000

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

~Minor White

Mind Like Water: Tao 41 – Following

Neil — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:19:21 +0000

Tao Te Ching verse 41

When the great man learns the Way,
he follows it with diligence;
When the common man learns the Way,
he follows it on occasion;
When the mean man learns the Way,
he laughs out loud;
Those who do not laugh, do not learn at all.

Therefore it is said:
Who understands the Way seems foolish;
Who progresses on the Way seems to fail;
Who follows the Way seems to wander.

For the finest harmony appears plain;
The brightest truth appears coloured;
The richest character appears incomplete;
The bravest heart appears meek;
The simplest nature appears inconstant.

The square, perfected, has no corner;
Music, perfected, has no melody;
Love, perfected, has no climax;
Art, perfected, has no meaning.

The Way can be neither sensed nor known:
It transmits sensation and transcends knowledge.

you will what you imagine

Neil — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:38:15 +0000

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

George Bernard Shaw