chapter eleven - radiant abode
Soul Relation
"As we train ourselves to celebrate the joy and success of others, we awaken the radiant abode of joy. With joy whatever we do becomes holy." - Jack Kornfield
Stay fundamentally related
to this unknowable,
realising meaning
through the ongoing process
of knowing its extent.
"Abundantly it multiplies, eternally it stands by itself." - Chuang Tzu
"To be poured into without becoming full, and to pour out without becoming empty, without knowing how this comes about - this is the art of preserving the Light." - Chuang Tzu
"Until the lens of my unskinned soul
Opening to the Void, is carelessly dissolved." - Rumi, Divan 649
"What was created must perish,
What has perished must rise again.
Tremble no more!
Prepare yourself to live!" - Gustav Mahler
"Every flower, every stone, and every leaf recognize me.
Wherever I turn, I see you smiling
the smile of no-birth and no-death." - Thich Nhat Hanh