“Sea Cave” | Anthony Satori
“The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.”
– Lao Tzu
The Tao of Water
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The Magic of Objects
“Chair” | Anthony Satori
It is quite mystical, really, how something physical – a place, a type of flower, an inanimate object; even a color, a sound, a flavor, or a scent – can become so full of meaning and beauty, merely from having accompanied a moment in your life when you felt great joy.
The Warmth of Sunshine
“Turtles” | Anthony Satori
The great 19th century German author and poet Goethe once suggested that we “must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” Perhaps we should also, then, ask turtles (and flowers, as well), how it feels to savor the warmth of sunshine washing over one’s body and face. When I look at these sweet turtles, so pure in their enjoyment of the sunlight, stretching their necks out as far as they possibly can in the hopes of getting even a few inches closer to the source of their ecstasy, I am reminded again of what a pleasure it truly is to feel the warmth of sunshine on one’s face.
Love and Compassion
“Bamboo Forest” | Anthony Satori
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”
– Dalai Lama
Doing the Impossible
“Laughing Buddha” | Anthony Satori
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and before you know it you will be doing the impossible.”
– St. Francis of Assisi
Affirmation
“Life is Beautiful” | Anthony Satori
Ours is not to rage against the darkness, but to create so much light that darkness has nowhere left to hide.
This Moment
“Little Rabbit” | Anthony Satori
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
– Omar Khayyam
Supernatural
“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
Jacob’s Ladder
“Jacob’s Ladder” | Anthony Satori
“And Jacob went… toward Haran. And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and beheld a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and he beheld the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. And, behold, the Lord stood beside him, and said: ‘I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac.” And Jacob awakened out of his sleep… and he said: ‘How full of awe is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’ And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and he set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.”
– Genesis 28:10-19
Jacob took the stone that he had slept upon and used it to create a shrine in the place where he had experienced a vision of God. What he did not realize, however, was that the house of God – and the gate of heaven – are not bound to any physical location, at all. The house of God and the gate of heaven are within each of us, wherever we may be. We need only search within ourselves with a pure heart, and we will find a direct channel to this very Source of Light and Love.
Colors and Shapes
“Vibrance” | Anthony Satori
“I found I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way; things I had no words for.”
– Georgia O’Keeffe
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