If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.
The Eightfold Path: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.
Science tells theology about the structure and history of the universe and its evolutionary nature. Religious insight can set the laws of nature in a more profound context of understanding, so that their deep order, rational beauty and anthropic fine-tuning become intelligible.
In thinking, “This is I” and “That is mine”, he binds himself with his self, as does a bird with a snare.
To cultivate a garden is…to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes.
Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?
