Cats directly walk on their toes. Of all animals, they have a unique skull that brings about large eye sockets and strong specialized jaw. In general, cats remain active during day and night. However, domestic cats are known to be rather more vigorous during evening and morning. While these cats spend a large amount of their time in homes, they can range several hundreds of meters from their focal point. Source: AnimalsTimes
Human faces are known to be asymmetrical, with people instinctively moving their gaze to the right side of a face when they meet someone and try to discern their emotional state. Dogs have developed the same instinct when encountering a human, despite the fact that they do not do this when meeting other dogs. No other non-primate is known to do this. Source: OneKind
The empty mind – the pure mind – is not a blank, zero-land, where you’re not feeling or caring
about anything. It’s an effulgence of the mind. It’s a brightness that is truly sensitive and accepting.
It’s an ability to accept life as it is. When we accept life as it is, we can respond appropriately
to the way we’re experiencing it, rather than just reacting out of fear and aversion.
~Ajahn Sumedho
“There will always be suffering. But we must not suffer over the suffering.” ~Alan Watts
“ Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. And intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you’ll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.” ~ Janet Fitch
Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally,
how everyone should behave. But it is not our task to create an ideal. It’s our task
to see how it is, and to learn from the world as it is. For the awakening of the heart,
conditions are always good enough. ~Ajahn Sumedho