Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer
"The American Dance", in Modern Dance, ed. Virginia Stewart (1945).
“Look for the mysterious in life.”
— Rajneesh
My Way: The Way of the White Clouds (1995)
Context: Look for the mysterious in life. Wherever you look — in the white clouds, in the stars in the night, in the flowers, in a flowing river — wherever you look, look for the mystery. And whenever you find that a mystery is there, meditate on it. Meditation means: dissolve yourself before that mystery, annihilate yourself before that mystery, disperse yourself before that mystery. Be no more, and let the mystery be so total that you are absorbed in it. And suddenly a new door opens, a new perception is achieved.
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