Think outside...no box required

"You can´t get full eating this way"

"Why scurry about looking for the truth?  
It vibrates in every thing and every not-thing, right off the tip of your nose.  
Can you be still and see it in the mountain?  
the pine tree?  
yourself? 
Don't imagine that you'll discover it by accumulating more knowledge.  
Knowledge creates doubt,  
and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge.  
You can't get full eating this way.  
The wise person dines on something more subtle:  
He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non- being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.  
He finds this subtle truth inside his own self,  
and becomes completely content.  
So who can be still and watch the chess game of the world?  
The foolish are always making impulsive moves, but the wise know that victory and defeat are decided by something more subtle.  
They see that something perfect exists before any move is made.  
This subtle perfection deteriorates when artificial actions are taken,  
so be content not to disturb the peace.  
Remain quiet.  
Discover the harmony in your own being. 
Embrace it.  
If you can do this, you will gain everything, and the world will become healthy again."
-Lao Tzu  

Litany-Billy Collins

You are the bread and the knife,
The crystal goblet and the wine...

–Jacques Crickillon

Litany

You are the bread and the knife,

the crystal goblet and the wine.

You are the dew on the morning grass

and the burning wheel of the sun.

You are the white apron of the baker,

and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.

However, you are not the wind in the orchard,

the plums on the counter,

or the house of cards.

And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.

There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,

maybe even the pigeon on the general's head,

but you are not even close

to being the field of cornflowers at dusk.

And a quick look in the mirror will show

that you are neither the boots in the corner

nor the boat asleep in its boathouse.

It might interest you to know,

speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,

that I am the sound of rain on the roof.

I also happen to be the shooting star,

the evening paper blowing down an alley

and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table.

I am also the moon in the trees

and the blind woman's tea cup.

But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.

You are still the bread and the knife.

You will always be the bread and the knife,

not to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine.

–Billy Collins

Address to our International Leadership

Published on Sep 6, 2013

At the conclusion of the Breakthrough Energy Conference Sacha Stone addresses our international 'leadership' with a powerful and eloquent monologue. He touches upon topics that were discussed during the three days of presentations as well as topics that should be discussed.

"The Global Breakthrough Energy Movement (GlobalBEM) is a non-profit volunteer-powered organization dedicated to educating & activating the public about breakthrough energy technologies which are clean, sustainable and world changing.
Disclaimer : We are all, in a sense, investigators of our world. And while we, as individuals or as Globalbem, may not agree with everything presented on this video, we fully support freedom of thought and speech as well as the Quest for truth.We are a non-profit organization of volunteers and thus each member or any other person involved in any way, has to take responsibility for their own statements, acts and beliefs.
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Faith in humanity

Last month Árstíðir  practised a hymn in a train station in Wuppertal, Germany and this is the result.
I know not the words they sing and am not particularly religious but this uplifted my spirit and made me realise that there are pockets of love, if you know where to look for them. :)
So beautiful!

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