The "Kumulipo" is an old Hawaiian prayer chant that poetically describes the creation of the world. The word literally means "beginning-in-deep-darkness." Here darkness doesn't connote gloom and evil. Rather, it's about the inscrutability of the embryonic state; the obscure chaos… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years. May you wake up... and start dancing while you're still half-asleep. May you spray-paint Rilke poems as graffiti on highway overpasses... My you learn to identify by name 20 flowers, 15 trees, 10 clouds, and one extrasolar planet... May you dream of taking a… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Your sweet spot is in between the true believers and the scoffing skeptics… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
If you bury your face in your tear-stained pillow and beg God to please send you your soul mate, may you not slur your… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
What worn-out shticks are blinding you to the blessings that life is conspiring to give you? — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Your imagination is the single most important asset you possess. Your imagination is your power to create mental pictures of things that don't exist… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“Imagine that the whole world belongs to you. The birch trees in New Hampshire's White Mountains are yours, and so are the cirrus clouds… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. We will laugh… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
