January 2011
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“I have to see that there is a space between thoughts. A void that is reality,...”
– From the excerpt: “Another Vision” in our issue “Beauty” taken from the book “The Reality of Being,” by Jeanne de Salzmann.
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Making a New Start
Making a new start isn’t starting ‘again.’ There’s no ‘again’ about it. New is new. But by now I’ve learned how quickly I slip back into the old, so making a new start needs constant renewing. That means I have to work at the ‘new’ part when everything calls me back to old ways. As F. M. Alexander said, “Change involves carrying out an activity against the habits of life.” I’m hard put...
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“Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself....”
– Ruth St. Denis (January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an early modern dance pioneer.
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“I used to think that compassion was a matter of allowing the heart to open (not...”
– from Tracy Cochran’s post: “Truth is a Pathless Land” at the Editors blog.
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“Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved...”
– Plotinus (Thank you yama-bato)
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“Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline...”
– Henry Miller. From the life affirming fountain of Whiskey River.
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“”We participate in life with both a divine nature and an animal nature....”
– Jeanne de Salzmann. From “The Reality of Being,” published by Shambhala Publications. An excerpt from the book containing this quote appeared in Parabola’s Winter 2009 Issue: “The Future.” See the current issue for the passage: “Another Vision,” from the...
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“Religion is all about beauty because it is about Reality and about Truth, and...”
– Patrick Laude: “Is Not Beauty it’s Own Reward?” from our current issue.