“We can only hope to live a meaningful life by serving as earnest witnesses to life’s tragic beauty.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We foster personal meaning out of life by exulting in all of nature, exhibiting a reverence for people, animals, plants, and by… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person must always be ready to kindle the candle in their heart and fill the void in their soul by unveiling… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Serenity of mind produces an expanding awareness that fosters creative selflessness, which in turn enables us to experience unabashed harmony communing in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The supreme artist lives as closely as possible to replicating the perfect dream, with life unfolding in a manner that a person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person achieves enlightenment only through a purposeful engagement with life and by resolutely searching for truth and shedding artifices.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The biggest impediment to loving life is our inflated egos. Only by suppressing our ego and controlling our selfish thoughts can we… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every road leads to sorrow. All aspects that make life beautiful – friendship, love, art, and truth – will end. All aspects… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live and a good… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The pathos of the human life teaches one that idolatry of the ego is a sham. Only by living in harmonious accord… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life gives us many gifts that we could hardly imagine. When we let go of preconceptions and witness life without the turmoil… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The path towards living in a spiritual manner begins by eliminating inculcated cultural biases, destroying personal illusions, and gratefully accepting the world… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Each of us is impermanent wave of energy folded into the infinite cosmic order. Acknowledgement of the fundamental impermanence of ourselves unchains… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“There exists a universal order that we each play a distinct role in carrying out. Light always struggles to emerge from darkness.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We alone control our final form through our conscious actions. We become the product of the movement of our mind and our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person whom is dissatisfied with the existing constitution of the self might wish to eradicate the self. A spiritual death can… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The mysteries of life include the external and the internal conundrums that each person encounters in a world composed of competing ideologies… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The evil components of our shadow are the part of us that we deplore, the part of us that we prefer not… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“It is ultimately the ebony of our pain, our blackest monuments, which lead us to seek an enlightened way of living. We… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The tangible and factual components of reality along with the intangible strands of memory and imagination constitute the framework that houses our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person only experiences the fathomlessly beautiful and mysterious particulars that constitute reality by giving up the distorting spectacles of our egotistical… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Disharmony at home or work is toxic to a person’s physical disposition and mental health.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“The emotional ingredients that sustain long-term relationships are kindness, thoughtfulness, and compassion.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Time is inexplicable because it moves – clicks away – at steady increments, while increasing the past and bringing the future into the present.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life, more tenderhearted,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“A person writes similar to how a blind person uses brail. We grope along the palpable corridors of the mind’s organic texture to locate… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“People frequently ask me why I work so hard - prolong hours, infrequent vacations, and never calling in sick or missing work for any… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An ego death… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Witnessing the moonrise each month, a person cannot resist noting a modest sense of optimism tugging at his or her enclosed capsule of bodily… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Attempting to express a person’s objective reality and subjective state of mind with the written word is an endless task because writing alters our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“A person can hurry through or sleep walk through life, but whenever they stop to catch their breath or awaken from a long nap,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“It is up to each one of us to immunize ourselves from any disabling bolts of anger and defend ourselves from the thunderstorms of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
