Fascinating The term was coined by Carl Sagan in his reflections of the photograph's significance.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

[ Art • “The Lost Forest” by Alexandra Dvornikova ]

“In ancient times, purposeful solitude was both palliative & preventative. It was used to heal fatigue &to prevent weariness. It was also used as an oracle, as a way of listening to the inner self to solicit advice & guidance otherwise impossible to hear in the din of daily life.

“An old alchemist gave the following consolation to one of his disciples: “No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you.”

― Carl Jung

[ Art • by Orphné Achéron ]

'The same intelligence that grows trees from seeds, that lets birds fly, that waves the ocean and gives birth to new stars – that same Intelligence also breathes your breath, beats your heart, and heals your wounds.'

― Annie Kagan

[ Art • “Divine Alchemy” by Greg Spalenka ]

“If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.”

― Charles Bukowski

[ Kirsten McKinzie Ross Photography ]

A wish fulfilling tree 🫵...

“The Soul unites those two contraries, the body and the spirit, and changes them into one essence.”

— Paracelsus

[ Art • “The Gift” by Leilani Bustamante ]

'when dealing with people,
remember you are not
dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion '

~ Dale Carnegie

“Growth in consciousness doesn’t depend on the will of the intellect or its possibilities but on the intensity of the inner urge.”

― Ancient Egyptian Proverb

[ Art • “All Things in Harmony” by jpierce ]

When you judge another,
you do not define them,
you define yourself.

Wayne Dyer

“The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The universe inside is outside but the universe outside is inside.”

— Robert Anton Wilson

[ Artist • unknown ]

“What stands in the way becomes the way.”

— Marcus Aurelius

[ Kirsten McKinzie Ross ]

The very moment a mind reaches the supreme Self, the eternal divinity is impaired to the point of no return...