The Dreaming State

Sunset Quotes: Bob Marley

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” – This might be one of my favorite quotes of all time. I love Bob Marley’s music – it is both happy and rebellious, a mixture of positive thoughts as well as social injustices… We are all human and we all have shortcomings. When we allow someone to get close to us, it is inevitable that one will hurt, disappoint, or betray the other. You see this with couples, friends, and family. I have hurt others and been hurt myself. I can say however that when you find someone that you benefit greatly from, that you care deeply about, you can find a way to deal with that suffering and forgive. Sometimes this give and take makes a bond even better in the end.

Sunset Quotes: Mahatma Gandhi

“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – This line came to mind today for a great reason. Yesterday afternoon Governor Tom Wolf had signed “Libre’s Law” which creates higher standards for the well being of our pets. The law will increase penalties for animal abusers, restricts unhealthy tethering, and grant immunity to many reporting abuse and neglect. It is surely a step in the right direction. Tom Wolf spoke about the law saying: “No one should be allowed to get away with cruel animal treatment. No one should be allowed to get away with the neglect of animals. Now thanks to this statute, they won’t be able to get away with it.”

Sunset Quotes: Dalai Lama

“If you want OTHERS to be happy, practice compassion. If YOU want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Any personal practice is difficult to achieve day to day, be it meditation or healthy eating or exercise, but having one is surely a step in the right direction. Although you might slip, compassion is (in my opinion at least) really easy. Just be mindful… Best of all, everyone around us – friends, strangers, animals – all benefit from even the littlest amount that we radiate into the world.

Sunset Quotes: Alan Watts

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.” – It is such a simple lesson, so easily understood, but so very incredibly hard to apply to our lives. The main goal of Buddhism is to lessen suffering, and much of this suffering is brought on by our clinging to ideas, people, or things. I do this all the time… It is very difficult, but sometimes you do have to just have faith that things will work out. Of course it is not a bad idea to move around a little, and tread that water.

Sunset Quotes: The Bhagavad Gita

“There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings. Nor is there any future in which we shall cease to be.” – The Gita is a Hindu scripture originally written in Sanskrit. It is a narrative in the form of a dialogue between Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Lord Krishna. I don’t really want to say any more, all I can really say is that this short read is worth it.