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Spring Snow Publications ― “Intuition cannot be produced. It has to be allowed to happen. But that is just what the rational mind cannot endure. It wants to control everything. It is not prepared to be silent, to be still, to allow things to happen . . . . [Active ...
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Deb Chitwood ― 26 Apr, 12
Spring Snow Publications ― You ask me why I make my home in the mountain forest, and I smile, and am silent, and even my soul remains quiet: it lives in the other world which no one owns. The peach trees blossom. The water flows. –Li Po (The Enlightened Heart: An...
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Deb Chitwood ― 22 Mar, 12
Spring Snow Publications ― The wide pond expands as a mirror, The heavenly light and cloud shadows play upon it. How does such clarity occur? It is because it contains the living stream from the Fountain. –Chu Hsi (Creativity and Taoism: A Study of Chinese Philosophy,...
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Deb Chitwood ― 8 Mar, 12
Spring Snow Publications ― Words appear useless. You can’t eat them. But wait! Yes, you can. Thus, words are paradoxical. Words arranged sacredly can feed your soul. They are soul-food. But wait a minute! Soul is just a hypothesis. A soul can’t be seen or measured. Only ...
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Deb Chitwood ― 10 Nov, 11
Spring Snow Publications ― Simplicity “The Tao brings no more important lesson to writing than the benefit of simplicity. Verse 48 of the Tao Te Ching tells us: ‘To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.’ Inexperienced writers...
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Deb Chitwood ― 20 Oct, 11
Currently around a half of organizations ranging in size from SMEs to large multinationals ...
∙ One of the few things I consider when buying a frock is the print. Growing up, I ...
My first thought when I saw the topic for this weeks Photo Challenge: Curves was the ...