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The Deep, Beautiful Mystery of the Universe

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“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.

Minute Particulars

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“Golden Butterfly” | Anthony Satori

“He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.”

– William Blake

The Movement of Thought and Feeling

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“Black and Yellow Butterfly on Blue Flowers” | Anthony Satori

“Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.”

– Jiddu Krishnamurti

Butterfly Dreams

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“Yellow and Black Butterfly” | Anthony Satori

“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhuangzi. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”

– Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

Supernatural

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“Four-Winged Butterfly” | Anthony Satori

“Man only escapes from the laws of this world in lightning flashes. Instants when everything stands still, instants of contemplation, of pure intuition. It is through such instants that he is capable of the supernatural.”

– Simone Weil