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Jay Michaelson Quotes

Weirdly, by the way,[Bob] Dylan also managed to write several beautiful love songs, like To Make You Feel My Love (covered by Adele, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, and who knows who else) and Most of the Time. Go figure Picture Quote #1

Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who’s already been to hell and back Picture Quote #1

Folk music had long been political but [Bob] Dylan’s poetry took it to a new level Picture Quote #1

The best songs of this [modern] period - the apocalyptic High Water, for example - return [Bob] Dylan to where he was in his first phase, updating and transforming American traditional music Picture Quote #1

It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a directly apprehended reality Picture Quote #1

Religion is commodified; the educational system is a sham; and yet,[Bob] Dylan wonders, everyone has to stand naked sometime Picture Quote #1

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[Bob] Dylan is a contemporary Don Quixote, at once besotted by the promise of America and yet also undermining it Picture Quote #1

Unlike many Sixties rockers,[Bob] Dylan sang about getting old, about broken dreams. His return to roots music pointed the way for many of his contemporaries to forsake trying to sound ‘current’ and to instead make music that would stand the test of time Picture Quote #1

[Bob Dylan] is a preacher but also a sinner; a poet but also a pitchman; authentic all-American but also invented persona Picture Quote #1

Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan’s career came after he plugged in his guitar (Judas! one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American poetry, combining Beat aesthetics, psychedelic imagery, collage techniques Picture Quote #1

We in the Jewish community are comparatively lucky. All of traditions have anti-gay pieces but the Jewish tradition doesn’t have as many anti-sexuality and anti-body teachings. It’s a lot easier to fit affirmation of sexuality and gender Picture Quote #1

I thought that coming out was going to be the end of my religious life but actually it was the beginning. Because it only afterwards that I could be honest about who I was, what I wanted, how I understood spirituality Picture Quote #1

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There’s no path to liberation that doesn’t pass through the shadow Picture Quote #1

At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all Picture Quote #1

What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow Picture Quote #1

All relaxation does is allow the truth to be felt. The mind is cleared, like a dirty window wiped clean, and the magnitude of what we might ordinarily take for granted inspires tears Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you’re the only weirdo weird enough to be wasting your time in this way. But you’re not! There are generations of weirdos, monasteries full of them, and we have the benefit of their accumulated wisdom Picture Quote #1

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Weirdly, by the way,[Bob] Dylan also managed to write several beautiful love songs, like To Make You Feel My Love (covered by Adele, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, and who knows who else) and Most of the Time. Go figure. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who’s already been to hell and back. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) Folk music had long been political but [Bob] Dylan’s poetry took it to a new level (Jay Michaelson Quotes) The best songs of this [modern] period - the apocalyptic High Water, for example - return [Bob] Dylan to where he was in his first phase, updating and transforming American traditional music. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a directly apprehended reality. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) Religion is commodified; the educational system is a sham; and yet,[Bob] Dylan wonders, everyone has to stand naked sometime. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) [Bob] Dylan is a contemporary Don Quixote, at once besotted by the promise of America and yet also undermining it. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) Unlike many Sixties rockers,[Bob] Dylan sang about getting old, about broken dreams. His return to roots music pointed the way for many of his contemporaries to forsake trying to sound ‘current’ and to instead make music that would stand the test of time. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) [Bob Dylan] is a preacher but also a sinner; a poet but also a pitchman; authentic all-American but also invented persona. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan’s career came after he plugged in his guitar (Judas! one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American poetry, combining Beat aesthetics, psychedelic imagery, collage techniques. (Jay Michaelson Quotes) We in the Jewish community are comparatively lucky. All of traditions have anti-gay pieces but the Jewish tradition doesn’t have as many anti-sexuality and anti-body teachings. It’s a lot easier to fit affirmation of sexuality and gender (Jay Michaelson Quotes) I thought that coming out was going to be the end of my religious life but actually it was the beginning. Because it only afterwards that I could be honest about who I was, what I wanted, how I understood spirituality (Jay Michaelson Quotes) There’s no path to liberation that doesn’t pass through the shadow (Jay Michaelson Quotes) At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all (Jay Michaelson Quotes) What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow (Jay Michaelson Quotes) All relaxation does is allow the truth to be felt. The mind is cleared, like a dirty window wiped clean, and the magnitude of what we might ordinarily take for granted inspires tears (Jay Michaelson Quotes) Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you’re the only weirdo weird enough to be wasting your time in this way. But you’re not! There are generations of weirdos, monasteries full of them, and we have the benefit of their accumulated wisdom (Jay Michaelson Quotes)