“ In fact, it’s a good time to empty your mind of extraneous, trivial, and useless facts so that you can clear vast new spaces… ”
Rob Brezsny
“ I suspect you have to go down into the underworld for a while. But you have a choice about how it will play out. You shouldn’t wait for some random goblin to come along and pull you down into the miserable abyss. Instead, be proactive. Shop around for a more useful abyss — a womb-like pit with half-decent accommodations and a good learning environment — and go there under your own power. That way you won’t have to slog your way through musty fogs and creepy pests and slimy muck. You’ll keep your suffering to a minimum and attract adventures that are more intriguing than demoralizing. ”
Oh, Rob, you’re so good…
Aquarius, Week of 1/5/2010 Free Will Astrology
“ Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. ”
Aldous Huxley, Vedanta for the Western World, 1945
English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)
“ Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. ”
Samuel Johnson
English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
The Quotations Page
“ About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. ”
Josh Billings, US Humorist (1818 - 1885)
“ The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. ”
Edwin Schlossberg The Quotations Page
“ The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. ”
G. K. Chesterton English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936) Quote Details: G. K. Chesterton: The thing I hate… - The Quotations Page
“ Keep exploring what it takes to be the opposite of who you are. ”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of the book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. via Free Will Astrology
I’m pretty sure one of my grad school readings was by this Mihaly guy… oh no, wait- I think he actually attended a small group class of ours or something too. That “Creativity” book might be worth checking out.
Rob interprets the quote as a cue to stretch yourself and further align oneself with “cosmic flow.”
