Oriental Red.

"If you find a path with no obstacles,

it probably doesn't go anywhere."

Velvet.

"The Obstacles

Is

The Path."

(Zen)

Don't beleive anything......

"Don't believe anything simply because you've heard it,

Don't believe anything simply because it is spoken-

and rumoured by many,

Don't beleive anything simply because it is written-

found in your religious book,

Don't believe anything merely on the authority -

of your teachers and elders,

Don't beleive in traditions because-

they have been handed for many generations,

But after obeservations and analysis,

When you find that agrees with reason,

and conducive to the good,

and benefit of one and all,

then beleive it,

and live up to it.

(Budhha 563-483 BC)

Endure.

"I will love the light

For it shows me the way,

Yet,

I will endure the darkness,

For it shows me the stars."

(OG Mandino)

Face it!

Picture From; Gettyimages.

"Whatever you have in your mind,

Forget it,

Whatever you have in your hands,

Give it,

Whatever is to be your fate,

Face it! "

(Sa'id Abu, Essential Sufism)

Shoe.

"It is not the road ahead that wears you out,

It is the grain of sand in your shoe."

Tao.

"In the pursuit of learning

every day something is acquired.

In the pursuit of Tao

everyday something is dropped."

I'm very Happy.

Picture; From Chinese paintings.com

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I'M VERY HAPPY,

BECAUSE I HAVE CONQUERED MYSELF

AND NOT THE WORLD,

I'M VERY HAPPY,

BECAUSE I HAVE LOVED THE WORLD,

AND NOT MYSELF.

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(Sri Chinmoy)

Be Strong.

Picture; From Allposter.com.

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WE EITHER MAKE OURSELVES

MISERABLE, OR

WE MAKE OURSELVES

STRONG,

THE AMOUNT OF WORK

IS JUST THE SAME.

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(Carlos Castaneda)

Precious Teacher.

Picture; From Gettyimages.

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WHOSOEVER MAY TORMENT YOU,

HARASS YOU, CONFOUND YOU,

OR UPSET YOU,

IS A PRECIOUS TEACHER,

NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE WISE,

BUT BECAUSE YOU SEEK TO BECOME SO.

(Mike dooley)

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Blame.

Picture; From my vintage photographs collections.

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HE WHO BLAME OTHERS,

STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO,

HE WHO BLAME HIMSELF,

IS HALFWAY THERE,

HE WHO BLAME NO ONE,

HAS ARRIVED.

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Napas.

Picture; From my watercolors.

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Napas adalah jembatan yang

menghubungkan hidup dengan kesadaran,

Yang menyatukan tubuh dan pikiran,

Kapanpun pikiran terpencar berserakan,

Gunakan napas sebagai alat

mengumpulkan kembali pikiran.

.

(Thich Nhat Hanh)

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Life cycle.

Picture; From my vintage photographs.

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First, we are children to our parents,

Then parents to our children,

Then parents to our parents,

In the end, we are children to our children.

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My religion is Love.

Picture; From Gettyimages.

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L O V E

.

Dear God,

This is my simple religion,

No need for temple,

No need for complicated philosophy,

Our own brain,

Our own heart,

Is our temple,

The philosophy is kindness.

.

(H H Dalai Lama.)

Angels with one wing

We are and each of us, angels with only one wing,

And we can only fly by embracing one another.

(Lucretius)

Have a happy healthy new year 2011.

Human Journey Quote.

picture from getty images

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We are not human beings on a spiritual journey,

We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

(Pierre Teilhard De Chardin)

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Kita semua adalah para peziarah dalam pengembaraan di bumi.

Dalam perjalanan, pengembaraan ini, kita belajar.

Belajar mengenali diri sendiri, belajar kesabaran, ketenangan, ketangguhan,

memberi, mengasihi, menerima keadaan dll.

Ruang kelas nya adalah kehidupan kita se hari2,

Guru nya adalah orang2 yang kita temui se hari2.

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We learnt silence from the talkative,

Tolerance from the intolerant,

Kindness from the unkind,

Patience from the angry,

And yet strange,

We are ungrateful to those teachers.

(Rumi)

Limitations quotes

picture; from my watercolor paintings

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Limitations gives you opportunitities,

Mistakes teach you valuable lessons.

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Tidak usah minder dengan keterbatasan kita,

Tidak usah takut membuat kesalahan,

Dari kesalahanlah kita belajar, dari kesalahanlah kita tambah pandai.