The Universe Is Smiling: Music gives soul to the universe

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

- Plato

"One ought, every day at least,
to bear a little song,
read a good poem,
see a fine picture,
and, if possible,
speak a few reasonable words."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 

The Universe Is Smiling: Conscience is the inner voice

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking."

- Henry Louis Mencken  

The Universe Is Smiling: Follow Your Own Path

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

 

A: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence."

- Henry David Thoreau    

The Universe Is Smiling: Live Your Passion!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."

- Oprah Winfrey

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."

- Aristotle    

The Universe Is Smiling: High-Wire Flirtation

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

 
A:  "You can fall from the sky
You can fall from a tree
But the best way to fall
Is in love with me."

- Anonymous 
"I think I have discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it."

- Charles Schulz

"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies."

- Erich Fromm  

The Universe Is Smiling: Open the windows of your mind

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Dare to break through old habits and be enchanted by new possibilities!

"What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind."

- Vernon Howard

 

The Universe Is Smiling: Wings of Trust

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings."

- Victor Hugo    

The Universe Is Smiling: Realization

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

This morning I was on the phone with a friend of mine, who is on a semi-retreat in Bodhgaya where the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. While my friend described the quietude and meditative energy around him, I started this drawing, opening myself to the flow of positive energy and asking the question:

Q: What is the message from Bodhgaya?

A:"When at last, in a single flash, you attain full realization, you will only be realizing the Buddha-nature which has been with you all the time."
- Huang-Po 
"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

- Buddha 

The Universe Is Smiling: Dream of A Quiet Life

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

- Ram Dass

"The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility."

- Swami Rama    

The Universe Is Smiling: Let's go!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Life loves to be taken by the lapel and be told: 'I am with you kid. Let's go.'"

- Maya Angelou