ESOTERIC QUOTES AND ART OF THE DAY - 7/26/17

in #spirituality7 years ago


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Here are todays quotes paired with art, because in this busy world, we rarely have time to reflect on the inner, the hidden, and the little known powerful aspects of our human condition.

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"The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them."

~ Albert Einstein

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"All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity."

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.”

~ Plato

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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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"Sorcerers say that true rebellion, and humanity’s only way out as a species, is to stage a revolution against their own stupidity. As you can understand, this is solitary work."

~ Carlos Castaneda

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"It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing."

~ Carl G. Jung

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"The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves."

~ George Bernard Shaw
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With love,
Doc

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Wow! This is true to life but only few can understand

Ah, there you go again quoting another two of my favorites - Dostoyevsky and Castaneda!

Dov -
A very deep thought...as I too have wondered about the hearts and minds of the powerful in our world...do they not feel with the same depth of emotion as most of humanity does? Is it a case of ignorance is bliss, or the trademarks of psychopathic calculation?

Cast -

stage a revolution against their own stupidity.

This may encapsulate the world in a nutshell. If we believe what society and the media tells us, then we ought to believe that we are a brilliant, innovative and highly advanced species. These are the lies we tell ourselves everyday. I do believe human kinds downfall will be directly attributed to our own stupidity - destruction of the natural world / contributing to the extinction of species / War / Arms races / AI / ________ (fill in the blank).

Thank you so much for your contributions here. I don't always have the time to comment but your writing and collections of quotes often resonate with me throughout the day.

Hey @docdelux. I love your work, so much that I even mentioned you in my post.

https://steemit.com/writing/@himshweta/2-2-kill-the-hesitation

Feel free to check it out.
Cheers
Himshweta

Such a cool post! My fav philosopher Nietzsche:):):)
You should check out Allan Watts, hes the best philosopher ever.
Keep it up and thanks for sharing ! :) @docdelux

very coool :) great quotes and accompanying artwork.

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