The Universe Is Smiling: Personality

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality."

- Erich Fromm 

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

- Bruce Lee

The Universe Is Smiling: Exploration

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere."

- Buddhist Saying

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

- T.S. Eliot    

The Universe Is Smiling: Protection

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

I was listening online to a live stream of HH Karmapa's teaching, given at the Buddhist monastery in Woodstock today. The Karmapa is one of the most highly revered reincarnations in Tibetan Buddhism. When he talked about refuge to the Buddha and his teachings of compassion,  I kept drawing in good old Inner Voice Drawing fashion of "not-knowing-what-to-expect" and - voila this rather funny bird appeared :) Even though the drawing may look a bit bewildering, it evolved during the teaching session, and may therefore carry some blessing right to you.

A: "The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your day."

 - Lao Tzu

"I wish I'd seen you as a little girl, without your armor to fend off the world... I would have kept you underneath my wing... I would protect you from everything."

- Source unknown 

The Universe Is Smiling: Taking a Stand

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "We acquire the strength we have overcome."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Knowing others is intelligence;

Knowing yourself is true wisdom.

Mastering others is strength;

Mastering yourself is true power.

If you realize that you have enough,

you are truly rich."

- Tao Te Ching 

The Universe Is Smiling: Mystery

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow."

- A. C. Benson  

The Universe Is Smiling: Reflection

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A:  "As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquility of the waters in which we see it."

- Charles Horton Cooley 

The Universe Is Smiling: Take a Step!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult."

- Madame Marie du Deffaud

"Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience."

- Masaru Ibuka