“You are more than a body.. You are a body within a body… A celestial orb.. A body in flight…
"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies."
— Leo Tolstoy (via liberatingreality)
After all of this is over, all that will have really mattered is how we treated each other. If we can live healthy lives without harming and killing animals, why wouldn’t we? To stop exploiting and killing animals when it is no longer necessary to our survival is part of our moral evolution.
Watching this was one of the best parts of my day. :)
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
— René Descartes (via thinkwholesome)
edwardsharpeandthemagneticzeros:
Nora and Jade laugh
"You can organize a tea meditation to provide an opportunity for your friends to practice being present in order to enjoy a cup of tea and each other’s presence. Tea meditation is a practice. It is a practice to help us be free. If you are still bound and haunted by the past, if you are still afraid of the future, if you are carried away by your projects, your fear, your anxiety, and your anger, you are not a free person. You are not fully present in the here and now, so life is not really available to you… In order to touch life deeply, you have to become a free person. Cultivating mindfulness can help you be free… when you drink tea in mindfulness, your body and your mind are perfectly united. You are real, and the tea you drink also becomes real… This is genuine tea drinking."
— Thich Nhat Hanh (via fromlaboratories)
