As striking in 2013 as it was in 2009. Director of photography: Jonathan Wolff.

There are always moments
when one feels empty and estranged.

Such moments are most desirable,
for it means the soul
has cast its moorings
and is sailing for distant places.

This is detachment—
when the old is over
and the new has not yet come.
If you are afraid, the state may be distressing,
but there is really nothing to be afraid of.

Remember the instruction:

Whatever you come across—
go beyond.

—Nisargadatta Maharaj

Via Doug Condon.

Viktor Frankl: This uniqueness and singleness which distinguishes each individual and gives a meaning to his existence has a bearing on creative work as much as it does on human love. When the impossibility of replacing a person is realized, it allows the responsibility which a man has for his existence and its continuance to appear in all its magnitude. A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”