“Flower” | Anthony Satori
Aspire toward simplicity, purity, compassion and beauty. If you strive for these things in all that you do, you will become a vital conduit for the wondrous nature of the universe.
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Reference to the Soul
“Two Horses” | Anthony Satori
“I will not make a poem nor the least part of a poem but has reference to the soul. Because having look’d at the objects of the universe, I feel there is no one nor any particle of one but has reference to the soul.”
— Walt Whitman
Amber Droplet
“Amber Droplet” | Anthony Satori
“God is shown to me no more fully than in some lovely mortal veil. My eyes that ever long for lovely things, my soul that seeks salvation, cannot rise to heaven unless they fix their gaze on beauty, for they have no other wings.”
— Michelangelo
Sky Waves
“Sky Waves” | Anthony Satori
“Heaven is in everything. Follow the light, hide in the cloudiness, and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise.” — Chuang Tzu
The Universe is made up of vibrations and waves. Everything is in motion, everything hums, everything is infused with energy. Find the vibrations that resonate with the best vibrations in your own soul and place your attention there. Do this consistently and with care, and synergy will result… your world will become greater than the sum of its parts. Contribute your own best vibrations to the vibrations of the Universe, and harmony will arise… your life will become music. This is the Tao of living well.
The Sea, Half-Held by the Night
“The Sea, Half-Held by the Night” | Anthony Satori
“I am he that walks with the tender and growing night, I call to the earth and sea, half-held by the night… You, sea! I resign myself to you… Sea of stretch’d ground swells, Sea breathing broad and convulsive breaths, Sea of the brine of life… Howler and scooper of storms… I am integral with you, I too am of one phase and of all phases.”
— Walt Whitman
Desert Stone
“Desert Stone” | Anthony Satori
“You must fashion your life one action at a time, and if each attains its own end as far as it can, be satisfied with that.” — Marcus Aurelius
Life is made up of moments. Just as light and shadow continually move across a landscape, so the texture of any given moment is a living, breathing thing, continually flowing and creating a new vision before your eyes. Engage with it. Take the energy that you might otherwise expend worrying about the past or the future, and instead apply that energy toward engaging fully in the present moment. If you do this, not only will the quality of your immediate experience rise to its highest potential, but a cumulative sense of self-awareness, perspective and overall contentedness will also gradually accrue. You have the opportunity to be a co-creator in your life. The quality of attention that you invest in each moment will determine the quality of positive mindful influence that you can infuse into its content and flow.
O me! O life!
“Ocean Light” | Anthony Satori
“O me! O life! Of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish — what good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer. That you are here — that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”
— Walt Whitman
Transcendent Light
“Transcendent Light” | Anthony Satori
“Like the wind, like clouds, like thunder and lightning, which rise from space without physical shape and reach the transcendent light in their own form, those who rise above body-consciousness ascend to the transcendent light in their real form, the Self. In that state, free from attachment, they move at will, laughing, playing and rejoicing. They know that the Self is not the body, but only tied to it for a time… Whenever one sees, smells, speaks, hears or thinks, they know that it is the Self that sees, smells, speaks, hears and thinks; the senses are merely the Self’s instruments.” (The Chandogya Upanishad)
Passionate Zen
“Passionate Zen” | Anthony Satori
Live your life fully, every day. Be in the moment. Smile, laugh, dance and dream. Slow down and take a breath. Pay attention. Soak it all in. Cherish where you are, who you love, and everything good about this moment. Don’t wait. Cherish it all now, feel it all now, love it all now. And as you go, remember to be kind to yourself and to each other. Because kindness, gratitude and love are the fuels that make the Karmic engine thrive.
The Voice Under All Silences
“The Voice Under All Silences” | Anthony Satori
“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness; the truth more first than sun more last than star.” – E. E. Cummings
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