If we build on the age-old premise that the divine resides in everything’s purified core, then it naturally follows that we shouldn’t seek to add and pile on to our arsenal; we should carefully prune away what holds us back, and our arsenals will make themselves apparent.

Cliche as it might be,the entire story is already on that blank page. All the author does is carve in the black spots necessary for his/her reader to see the same dimension he/she does.

Much of the notion of the comfort/discomfort of an activity comes from the connotation we put on it—”I like/hate this.” “I’m good/horrible at this” “this is boring/fun.”   Training should be more than just a mindless acquisition of skill; it should be a conscious deprogramming of that which keeps us inept.

The leaky cups of our minds are meant to take in sublime elixirs a bit at a time—so that we can fully appreciate the individual flavors.  It’s actually a good thing we are temporary, for I believe that along our paths, we will morph into beings that are able to experience every flavor at once;…