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Gautama Buddha (500 BC)

What? Did you think that heaven and hell were built by a construction company?
Svatmarama Yogi

You will know your yoga is working when you hear the singing within you.
Ken Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin (1921-)

Your thoughts ride upon the inner winds like a rider upon a horse.
Master Patanjali (third century)

Come to understand that great core within you, like the very axis around which the stars turn.
Changkya, who samw in the diamond sea (1717-1786)

You cannot enter the door of yoga without kindness nad compassion for others.
Conway’s law

Systems reflect the organizations that built them.
Sieve

A coarse sieve catches little.A fine mesh catches more.If you want the subtle, be refined,But prepare to deal with the coarse. The irony of spiritual living is that you become more sensitive and more subtle. Therefore, you become intolerant of the coarse. There is not much choice in this. If you want to catch the…
China Town

I am basically eating at china town once a week now – and it is good. I have been focusing on either the Tofu special or vegetable mushu. the tofu special is in a brown sauce and is way to much to eat for one person. the mushu is absolutley the best in orange county…
New Pope

Jack wrote a letter to the pope yesterday. He asked him which hand he used, what his favorite star wars character is, and which is his favorite star wars movie (and which one he likes even more then that!).
Sin City

I saw this based on Louis’s recommendation – that and the fact that I almost always like comic book movies. The dialog ruled, the feel of the film was awesome, but the violence really disturbed me – something that does not happen in movies that often these days. Some of the mad cap crazy stuff…