Most of those Negroes have been given those jobs by the white political machine, and they serve no other function other than to, as window dressing.
The ship is going by a mighty engine, and you are busy rowing.
When you can bear your own silence, you are free.
You ask, 'How to live my life?' But with the question you are suffocating life itself, for life is spontaneity.
How can you say you are peaceful if you are still identified with mind?
The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort.
Ignoring the mind is a beautiful sadhana. This is what many of the sages did. They ignored the mind out of existence. It loses its influence and its potency when it is ignored.
A decision made from fear is always the wrong decision.
The humble Cumulus humilis - never hurt a soul.
There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories. (Note self: start writing about unicorns and bunnies)
I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war.