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You are under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.

(via oh je veux ta revanche!)

Ghost

I had drinks with the ghost of an old friend last night
He died in a tragic drowning, thick and slow
His face reminded me of my own death
He tried to be ok and make polite conversation
while his eyes cried out in pain and fear
and confusion, oh the confusion, I remember it!

I had so much I wanted to tell him
about this place where he has landed
I wanted to tell him that he would feel better
and there would be hope again
but his ears are still too full of his own death
He couldn’t hear my words or feel my touch

He has a guide, he will be ok
Someone to hold him up when he can’t stand on his own
And he will learn to walk and talk as a ghost
Floating from room to room until his chains grow lighter
Still with him, they will grow
Light enough that he will fly again

-SL

Mama used to roll her hair
Back before the central air
We’d sit outside and watch the stars at night
She’d tell me to make a wish
I’d wish we both could fly
Don’t think she’s seen the sky
Since we got the satellite dish

-James McMurtry, Levelland

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.

-Natalie Goldberg  (via sojustlove)

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“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It’s seeing through the facade of pretense. It’s the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.” 

— Adyashanti  (via residualrandomtarian)

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