Beauty and Harmony

“Open Wings” | Anthony Satori

“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows them.”

– Herman Melville

The Sage’s Mind

“Ocean Cave” | Anthony Satori

“The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract the sage’s mind – that is the reason he is still. In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn. In the midst of soundlessness, he alone hears harmony.”

– Lao Tzu

Dedication of Life

“Face to Face” | Anthony Satori

“Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.”

– Rabindranath Tagore

Between Eternities

“California Poppies in Spring” | Anthony Satori

“A positive and cheerful state of mind is a direct and immediate gain – the very currency, as it were, of happiness. It is not, like all else, merely a cheque upon the bank. For it alone makes us immediately happy in the present moment, and that is the highest blessing for beings like us, whose existence is but an infinitesimal moment between two eternities.”

– Arthur Schopenhauer

Every spring, when I see the California poppies bloom, it fills my heart with warmth. It reminds me that love exists outside of time and space. It reminds me that every single day of this brief lifetime – this exquisite and most precious moment between eternities that we’ve been given – is an opportunity for us to manifest our inner light, to engage in acts of compassion, kindness, goodness, and love, and to expand our enlightened mind.

These beautiful, vibrantly orange-colored flowers bloom every spring, and then disappear. But the sensations that they awaken within me remain vividly present, all year around. I truly believe that love – real love – once created, can never be destroyed. And joy, indeed, is the infallible sign of the presence of God. And every time we engage from a pure heart with the Spirit of Light and Love within us, we touch eternity.