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21 " His journey is not a reflection of the moon. It is the moon itself. He is not separate from this quest. It is his dharma, his path, his voice. It is not a bead on a mala, not a veil to remove. It is the cooperation of elements, the marriage of spirit and flesh. It is the shadow of faith, the reflection of being. It is the full metaphor. It is all there is. "
― Thomas Lloyd Qualls , Painted Oxen
22 " Stop and listen. The story is everywhere. "
23 " The moon casts a different face everyday. Yet the moon is always the moon. It is always whole. Always reflective. "
24 " Awareness is more essential than a hundred skills. To be aware is to be open. And to be open is to know the path of every master who has roamed the earth. "
25 " All mastery is about doing that which the senses tell us cannot be done. "
26 " Whatever some people might say, it seems to me that a world in which I can fly, bend space and time, and meet with people who have been dead for years, deserves more consideration than it gets. If I weigh the waking world on one side of the scale and the dream world on the other, which one is more substantial? Doesn’t a world of endless possibilities seem more likely to contain the whole of our lives than the fraction of the world that we call real? "
27 " The reflection on the surface of the water is often mistaken for the mysteries that lie beneath. Likewise, the reflection of the moon is mistaken for its own light. In the quest for wisdom, each person must emerge from the illusions of the world and begin the journey towards the sacred mountain. "
28 " Their story is our story, as well. We are the begotten ones. Our flesh is made of clay. Rivers run through our veins. Our lineage stretches from the ocean floor to the mountain crest. This is the beginning of knowledge. "
29 " If Gandhi were here, and he’d even bother to talk to me, he’d probably shake his head and ask me what I thought I was doing. He’d probably gently scold me and tell me that one does not become spiritually evolved simply by filling a Spiritual Places Passport with stamps. "
30 " The simplest things are overlooked. And yet, it is the simplest things that are the most essential. "
31 " When you can unlock your dream life, your waking life will follow. "
32 " The rain reminds him that one travels to sacred places in order to awaken that which lies sleeping within. He journeys on this path not to escape the world, but to enter it more deeply. Sometimes that is the only way we can open the doors to our own hearts, to realize that the whole of the earth lives inside the human heart. "
33 " The sun has but half a meaning without the shadow it casts into the ocean of the world. "
34 " Alchemy, the masters teach, is the process of linking the spiritual to the material. The alchemist is the bridge between the worlds. It is a process of working inside a mirror, knowing always that in the end, the part will reflect the whole. As inside, so outside. "
35 " A word is a bridge. It is a wave of light and sound that spans the perceived distance between one thing and another. "
36 " Holding onto misery only brings more misery into focus. All possibilities exist. But the mind has only room for one thing at a time. "
37 " In the beginning was the word. And the word was split into infinity. All words, then, are part of the whole. Just as we are each part of the whole. There are individual words, as we are individual beings. Each word carries with it the memory of the whole logos. Just as we each carry the memory of the whole universe. "
38 " The ears are the eyes of the dark, as the stars are the eyes of the night sky. "
39 " To work in the dark, you must be able to hold your own light, and still be intimate with the darkness. "
40 " The moon speaks in slivers and halves. "