“Open Wings” | Anthony Satori
“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows them.”
– Herman Melville
Beauty and Harmony
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They Alone See Truly
“The Field” | Anthony Satori
“Whatever exists, animate or inanimate, is born through the union of the field and its knower. They alone see truly, who see the spirit of God the same in every creature. Seeing the same God everywhere, they do not harm themselves or others. Thus they attain the supreme goal.”
– The Bhagavad Gita
What is Sacred?
“Enzo Revisited” | Anthony Satori
“There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: Only love.”
– Lord Byron
Joy, Wonder, and Amazement
“Gingerbread Man” | Anthony Satori
“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”
– Plato
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I wish you all an abundance of joy, wonder, and amazement in your lives.
Simple Harmony
“Walden Pond in Spring” | Anthony Satori
“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”
– Albert Camus
The Pace of Nature
“The Pace of Nature” | Anthony Satori
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Blue Sky
“Blue Sky” –|– Anthony Satori
“Love is space and time, measured by the heart.”
– Marcel Proust
The Sublimity of Nature
“The Sublimity of Nature” –|– Anthony Satori
“She spoke her feelings. ‘Here’s harmony!’ said she; ‘Here’s repose! Here’s what may lift the heart to rapture! When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.’”
― Jane Austen
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! May 2021 bring health, peace, joy and fulfillment into every corner of your life.
The Secret of the River
“Leaves on Blue Water” –|– Anthony Satori
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere; and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.”
— Hermann Hesse
Only with the Heart
“On the Water” –|– Anthony Satori
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
