The Cabaret

Of life, love and curiosity. Haunted manors, forests and ruins. Alchemy of mind and spirit. Water, the beauty of nature and interesting, calm places. Death, old books and watches. And some desserts and fashion too.

God I want you
in some primal, wild way
animals want each other.
Untamed and full of teeth.

God I want you,
In some chaste, Victorian way.
A glimpse of your ankle
just kills me.

—Want, Clementine von Radics (via clementinevonradics)

(via lordbyronismylover)

jibadojo: I seek not only to follow in the footsteps of the men of old, I seek the things they sought.

jibadojo:

I seek not only to follow in the footsteps of the men of old, I seek the things they sought.

(via musashi-no-kami)

永Bomb: Dream Within a Dream

eternalbomb:

The one who dreams of drinking wine,
In the morning may be crying.
The one who dreams of crying,
In the morning may go hunting.

When one is in a dream,
One does not know one is dreaming.

One may even dream while in the middle of dreaming.
Only after awakening does one realize it was a…

(Source: taoism.net)

Sitting on the edge of a glassy lake, Siji Tzu began to contemplate his significance on this world. He thought, “How insignificant am I, not having traveled the world? How can I have any impact on the places and things I don’t see or visit?”

And with that, a tear drop fell into the lake, causing a small ripple.

Unknown to Siji Tzu, that ripple made its way across the lake where a small woodland creature was drinking some water.

The water rose slightly, enough for the animal to startle and run into the woods.

—Siji Tzu (via eternalbomb)

(Source: daozang.com, via eternalbomb)

There is no other Golden Elixir outside one’s fundamental nature. Every human being has this Golden Elixir complete in himself: it is entirely realized in everybody. It is neither more in a sage, nor less in an ordinary person. It is the seed of Immortals and Buddhas, and the root of worthies and sages

—Liu Yiming (via eternalbomb)