“Blue Coffee Mug” | Anthony Satori
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.”
– J. B. Priestley
A Bit of Magic
color photography
Sacred Awe
“Golden Eyes” | Anthony Satori
“I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge or Virtue or Goodness or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more inspiring: Sacred Awe.”
– Nikos Kazantzakis
And the beauty of it is this: The very experiencing of Sacred Awe, in turn, inspires a deep hunger for knowledge, virtue, and goodness.
Select Your Thoughts
“Windblown Sand” | Anthony Satori
“We need to learn how to select our thoughts just the same way we select our clothes every day. This is a power that can be cultivated. If you want to control things in your life, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
Supreme Happiness
“Dolphins” | Anthony Satori
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”
– Chuang Tzu
Relax. Exist fully in this moment. This is enough. You are enough. This moment is a miracle. Find the love in it, find the peace in it, find the joy in it. It is often the frantic chasing of happiness that makes us the most miserable. Instead, just sit back, breathe, and calm your mind. Be grateful. Be amazed. Be content. “From contentment, supreme happiness is obtained.” (Patanjali,Yoga Sutra 2.42) It is only when we learn to relax into true contentment that any real, lasting happiness can appear and manifest itself.
The Dreams of Time Itself
“At the Seashore” | Anthony Satori
“The ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and it is freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time itself.”
– H. P. Lovecraft
Across the Universe
“Ducks on a Lake” | Anthony Satori
“Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes, they call me on and on, across the universe.”
– John Lennon
Unchained
“Unchained” | Anthony Satori
“If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will lead you to achieve mastery.”
– John Paul Jones
Skydiver
“Skydiver” | Anthony Satori
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
– St. Augustine
The Ingenuity with which Divinity Hides
“Cupcake with a Flower” | Anthony Satori
“The more prosaic, the more ‘ordinary’ anything seems to be, the more I am moved to marvel at the ingenuity with which divinity hides.”
– Alan Watts
The Deep, Beautiful Mystery of the Universe
“Butterflies” | Anthony Satori
“Giddy grasshopper \ Take care \ Do not leap and crush \ These pearls of dewdrop.”
– Kobayashi Issa
Be gentle with yourself. Show yourself patience. Handle yourself with kindness. The human heart is deep and tender, and it ought to be surrounded by love, even immersed in it. Let us take care to do this for each other, every day. Let us also not forget to do this for ourselves. Being human is not easy. This journey is not for the faint of heart. Every day that you make it through – perhaps having endured some sadness, hopefully having experienced some joy – is a good day, worthy of celebration. Well done! Don’t rush forward. Take it slowly. Tomorrow is another day, another chance to wake up, to take a deep breath, and to engage again with the deep, beautiful mystery of the universe.
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