And while I stood there
I saw more than I can tell,
and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner
the shapes of things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must
live together like one being.
Black Elk, Black Elk Speaks
AS HUMAN BEINGS WE ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY AND FREE FROM MISERY. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IS INNER PEACE. THE GREATEST OBSTACLES TO INNER PEACE ARE DISTURBING EMOTIONS SUCH AS ANGER AND ATTACHMENT, FEAR AND SUSPICION, WHILE LOVE AND COMPASSION, A SENSE OF UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY ARE THE SOURCES OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
When one gives one’s heart, it is a total action. And when you give your mind, it is a fragmentary action. And most of us give our minds to so many things. That is why we live a fragmentary life—thinking one thing and doing another; and we are torn, contradictory. To understand something, one must give not only one’s mind but one’s heart to it.
"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you; Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want; Don't go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep." - Rumi
ONCE THERE WAS A DREAMER - SHE WANTED TO BE - ALL THERE WAS - WAS SHE
SHE SAW HERSELF AS MANY THINGS - SOMEONE SHE WAS NOT - SOMEONE SHE WOULD BE
I'LL FOLLOW YOU - TAKE ME DREAM - I'LL CLOSE MY EYES
HEAR THE VOICES IN THE CALLING OF THE NIGHT - I AM NO WHERE - YOU CANNOT SEE ME - FOLLOW ME - CHASER OF A DREAM
CHASER OF A DREAM YOUR JOURNEY IS IN SIGHT - YOU HAVE MY EYES TO DO YOUR SEEKING - COME WITH ME - GAZERS OF THE MOON - TO A PLACE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE EVERYWHERE AFTER ME - YOU CAN'T RUN - YOU'RE MOVING TO SLOW
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - BEFORE I DISAPPEAR - KNOWING NOT OF OTHERS THAT MAY FOLLOW ME - YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A CHASER OF A DREAM
INSIDE YOUR EYES - THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE YOU WANT TO BE - ONCE YOU'RE THERE - IT'S NOT QUITE AS IT SEEMS - YOU WANT TO BE MORE
A CHASER OF A DREAM
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