Seek Light

“Seek Light” | Anthony Satori

“You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.”

– Alan Cohen

Liberty

“Stars and Stripes” | Anthony Satori

“Where liberty is, there is my country.”

– Benjamin Franklin

Without Words

“Doves” | Anthony Satori

“Do not some of the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?”

– Marcel Marceau

Forward Motion

“Forward Motion” | Anthony Satori

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

– Confucius

Whither Goest Thou?

“Car Culture” | Anthony Satori

“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?”

– Jack Kerouac

The Source of Thought

“Sunlit Cave” | Anthony Satori

“Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.”

– David Lynch

Empire Follows Art

“Wood Grain Guitar” | Anthony Satori

“The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa.”

– William Blake

Passion and Purpose

“Passion and Purpose” | Anthony Satori

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.”

– Confucius

It is healthy to approach whatever you are doing, in any given moment, with all of your energy and attention. This is what it means to be dedicated, to be engaged, to live life with passion and purpose. Do your very best, every day, and bring your entire self to whatever experience you are having, big or small, with the most optimism and joy that you can muster. This is the single best way to get the most out of life.

And then, if at times you feel like the results of your efforts have somehow failed to live up to some preconceived standard or another, it is just as important to simply be able to let this go. Tomorrow is another day. None of us is perfect. None of us even comes close. And even on top of this, we all have moments, days, weeks, even months, when we struggle even harder than usual with one thing or another. It is important, especially during these times, to be patient and kind with oneself. Show yourself the same love that you would want to show someone that you care deeply about: the love of accepting and appreciating yourself exactly how you are, right now, in this moment. Strive to be encouraging and supportive of your own Being, and to feel true gratitude for everything good in this moment. Doing this for yourself is vital to your own emotional, spiritual, and even physical health.

And, quite wonderfully, making this a practice – a structural, habitual feature of your own internal monologue – also helps one to develop and cultivate the empathy and compassion that it takes to be patient and kind with others, and to love them just as they are, in the same way. The bottom line is this: You do not have to be perfect to be perfectly worthy of love.

The Power to Make Happy

“Bloom” | Anthony Satori

“The Six Grandfathers have placed in this world many things, all of which should be happy. Every little thing is sent for something, and in that thing there should be happiness and the power to make happy. Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus we should do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.”

– Black Elk

Elegance

“Clear Blue” | Anthony Satori

“Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler the posture, the more beautiful it will be.”

– Paulo Coelho