Narcissus, 1881, by Benczúr Gyula
Thanks to our Friend for sending us this beautiful art
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"Kindness begins
with understanding we all struggle."
~Charles Glassman
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Looking at the Map
"If we are interested in a life of discovery and if we are interested in meditation as an expression of that life, then the experience of someone else, no matter how fantastic, is useful only as a cross-reference to our own experience. As co-explorers of the universe we compare notes, check out specimens and samples that we have collected, and examine the maps and journals that we have assembled. But looking at the map is not the same as going down the river. Examining a specimen is not the same as observing the life form in its habitat. Hearing, and even believing, another explorer's adventure is not the same as having our own. We have our own adventure to undertake. So when we read or listen to any description of meditation, or spiritual experience, first let us understand that we have to find out what is true, through our own direct perception."
~Steven Harrison