Contemplation Lover Gifts

"Boy, I wish I had brought some magazines..."

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"I want him to have the serenity to accept the things he can't pee on, the patience to pee on the things he can outside, and the wisdom to know the difference." "But I'll probably just take him to a trainer."

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

"What was I thinking?!"

'Don't just sit there thinking. Meditate.'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

"The overthinker"

Zenemies.

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

"Nature speaks to me of God’s presence, yet God is a total stranger to the restless world of men." "Why the #!@* is there no signal?!"

"Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?"

'I'm going to have an out-of-body experience -- can I bring you anything?'

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

Rodin's Thinker.

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

'Have you been working out?'

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"They always fall for the old 'high-impact yoga' trick!"

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

'The trouble is, once you've attained enlightenment, it's all downhill.'

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

Working from OM.

Ned's Northingness: All the Nothing You Need To Achieve Mindfulness

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

"Enlightenment can only come when you realize there is more to life than gluten free hot sauce."

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

Soren Kierkegaard

Caterpillar Paranoia