„II. 54: When consciousness interiorizes by uncoupling from external objects, the senses do likewise; this is called withdrawal of the senses.“

„I. 4: Otherwise, awareness takes itself to be the patterns of consciousness.“

„II. 20: Pure awareness is just seeing, itself; although pure, it usually appears to operate through the perceiving mind.“

“IV. 23: Then, consciousness can be colored by both pure awareness and the phenomenal world, thereby fulfilling all its purposes.

“IV. 34: Freedom is at hand when the fundamental qualities of nature, each of their transformations witnessed at the moment of its inception, are recognized as irrelevant to pure awareness; it stands alone, grounded in its very nature, the power of pure seeing. That is all.”

– Patanjali

There was a time I would reject those who were not of my faith.

But now, my heart has grown capable of taking on all forms.

It is a pasture for gazelles,
An abbey for monks.
A table for the Torah,
A temple for the idols Kaaba for the pilgrim.

My religion is love.

Whichever the route love’s caravan shall take,
That shall be the path of my faith.

Gandalf: “Viele, die leben, verdienen den Tod. Und manche, die sterben, verdienen das Leben. Kannst du es ihnen geben? Dann sei auch nicht so rasch mit einem Todesurteil bei der Hand.“

(Herr der Ringe)

Nur im Alleinsein
können wir uns selber finden.
Alleinsein ist nicht Einsamkeit,
sie ist das größte Abenteuer.

– Hermann Hesse

“The geometry of the things around us creates coincidences, intersections.”

― Erri De Luca