Below is material related to Carla’s discussion on the dharma of beauty, 12/12/21.
“There can be no wakeful whole-hearted devotion to stand for anything of substance – justice or peace or the varied subtle ways we have of protecting all that is alive and therefore fragile – without wide-eyed, wonder smitten wakefulness to every little manifestation of beauty and aliveness.”
– Maria Popova
Adrift
Everything is beautiful and I am so sad.
This is how the heart makes a duet of
wonder and grief. The light spraying
through the lace of the fern is as delicate
as the fibers of memory forming their web
around the knot in my throat. The breeze
makes the birds move from branch to branch
as this ache makes me look for those I’ve lost
in the next room, in the next song, in the laugh
of the next stranger. In the very center, under
it all, what we have that no one can take
away and all that we’ve lost face each other.
It is there that I’m adrift, feeling punctured
by a holiness that exists inside everything.
I am so sad and everything is beautiful.
– Mark Nepo
Here are some of the regular quotes and blogs that Carla subscribes to in her email. (There are many more you may know about!)
Daily Peace Quotes
are sent by Zen teacher, Cheri Huber. They include daily quotes from a diverse range of people:
PEACE Quotes are offered by:
Living Compassion
transforming lives, ending suffering
http://www.LivingCompassion.org
Daily Good: News That Inspires
This is part of Service Space. (https://www.servicespace.org/) They send daily blogs (you can opt for weekly or monthly too) featuring many topics and people. (The group is centered in San Jose and they have a Vipassana background.) They have several other good sites you can sign up for as well.
https://www.dailygood.org/index.php?pg=subscribe&where=DG%7C0%7Ctop
The Marginalia (Formally called “Brain Pickings.”)
This weekly blog is put together by Maria Popova. She includes the writing and art of many interesting people and she writes beautifully herself. Her interests are spirituality, poetry, art, nature, science. Scroll to bottom to sign-up:
https://www.themarginalian.org/
Daily Dharma
These daily quotes are an offering of Tricycle Magazine. Scroll down to put your email in for Daily Dharma.
https://tricycle.org/tag/daily-dharma/