Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored
Alice WalkerRead
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.
Interpretation
Sexuality aids in personal growth and self-awareness.
In this quote, Alice Walker emphasizes the importance of sexuality as a path to enlightenment and self-discovery. By engaging with our own sexuality, we can gain insights into our identities and desires, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.
In practice
In a discussion about personal growth, one might say, 'As Alice Walker pointed out, sexuality is key to self-knowledge.'
Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored
June Jordan, who died of cancer in 2002, was a brilliant, fierce, radical, and frequently furious poet. We were friends for thirty years. Not once in that time did she step back from what was transpiring politically and morally in the world. She spoke up, and led her students, whom she adored, to do the same.
On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what's hidden. It's illuminated life more than darkened it.
I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.
How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?
One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.
A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
The thing about light is that it really isnβt yours; itβs what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself.
Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
As meditation goes deep you will feel less and less desires, more and more contentment with whatsoever you have. There will be less and less desire for that which you don't have, and more and more contentment with whatsoever you have. As meditation goes deeper, a very contented consciousness evolves. Ultimately there is no desire, only contentment.
God grant that I may never live to be useless!
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