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The document contains passages from the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. The passages discuss themes of overcoming limitations, finding true freedom and potential, and learning to see in new ways in order to achieve higher levels of understanding and mastery. Jonathan teaches other gulls to look beyond what is immediately apparent and to break free of restrictive mindsets in order to access greater capabilities.

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Dont believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way". "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
T H E P R I C E O F B E I N G M I S U N D E R S T O O D , H E T H O U G H T . T H E Y C A L L Y O U D E V I L O R T H E Y C A L L Y O U G O D . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
Your whole body, from wingtip to wingtip," Jonathan would say, other times, "is nothing more than your thought itself, in a form you can see. Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
We can l i ft oursel ves out of i gnorance, we can fi nd oursel ves as creatures of excel l ence and i ntel l i gence and ski l l . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
The gull sees farthest who flies highest. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
"The only true law is that which leads to freedom," Jonathan said. "There is no other. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
One school is finished, and the time has come for another to begin. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand! "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
Y O U D O N ' T L O V E H A T R E D A N D E V I L , O F C O U R S E . Y O U H A V E T O P R A C T I C E A N D S E E T H E R E A L G U L L , T H E G O O D I N E V E R Y O N E O F T H E M , A N D T O H E L P T H E M S E E I T I N T H E M S E L V E S . T H A T ' S W H A T I M E A N B Y L O V E . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
FOR MOST GULLS IT WAS NOT FLYING THAT MATTERS, BUT EATING. FOR THIS GULL, THOUGH, IT WAS NOT EATING THAT MATTERED, BUT FLIGHT. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
His one sorrow was not solitude, it was that the other gulls refused to believe the glory of flight that awaited them; they refused to open their eyes and see. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and youll see the way to fly. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
F O R I N S P I T E O F H I S L O N E L Y P A S T , J O N A T H A N S E A G U L L W A S B O R N T O B E A N I N S T R U C T O R , A N D H I S O W N W A Y O F D E M O N S T R A T I N G L O V E W A S T O G I V E S O M E T H I N G O F T H E T R U T H T H A T H E H A D S E E N T O A G U L L W H O A S K E D O N L Y A C H A N C E T O S E E T R U T H F O R H I M S E L F . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
WHY IS IT, JONATHAN PUZZLED, THAT THE HARDEST THING IN THE WORLD IS TO CONVINCE A BIRD THAT HE IS FREE, AND THAT HE CAN PROVE IT FOR HIMSELF IF HED JUST SPEND A LITTLE TIME PRACTICING? WHY SHOULD THAT BE SO HARD? "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
He spoke of very simple thingsIt is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition out limitation in any form. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
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  • 1. Dont believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 2. You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way". "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 3. T H E P R I C E O F B E I N G M I S U N D E R S T O O D , H E T H O U G H T . T H E Y C A L L Y O U D E V I L O R T H E Y C A L L Y O U G O D . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 4. Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 5. He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 6. Your whole body, from wingtip to wingtip," Jonathan would say, other times, "is nothing more than your thought itself, in a form you can see. Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 7. We can l i ft oursel ves out of i gnorance, we can fi nd oursel ves as creatures of excel l ence and i ntel l i gence and ski l l . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 8. We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 9. Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 10. The gull sees farthest who flies highest. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 11. "The only true law is that which leads to freedom," Jonathan said. "There is no other. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 12. To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 13. One school is finished, and the time has come for another to begin. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 14. Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand! "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 15. Y O U D O N ' T L O V E H A T R E D A N D E V I L , O F C O U R S E . Y O U H A V E T O P R A C T I C E A N D S E E T H E R E A L G U L L , T H E G O O D I N E V E R Y O N E O F T H E M , A N D T O H E L P T H E M S E E I T I N T H E M S E L V E S . T H A T ' S W H A T I M E A N B Y L O V E . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 16. FOR MOST GULLS IT WAS NOT FLYING THAT MATTERS, BUT EATING. FOR THIS GULL, THOUGH, IT WAS NOT EATING THAT MATTERED, BUT FLIGHT. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 17. Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 18. His one sorrow was not solitude, it was that the other gulls refused to believe the glory of flight that awaited them; they refused to open their eyes and see. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 19. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and youll see the way to fly. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 20. F O R I N S P I T E O F H I S L O N E L Y P A S T , J O N A T H A N S E A G U L L W A S B O R N T O B E A N I N S T R U C T O R , A N D H I S O W N W A Y O F D E M O N S T R A T I N G L O V E W A S T O G I V E S O M E T H I N G O F T H E T R U T H T H A T H E H A D S E E N T O A G U L L W H O A S K E D O N L Y A C H A N C E T O S E E T R U T H F O R H I M S E L F . "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 21. WHY IS IT, JONATHAN PUZZLED, THAT THE HARDEST THING IN THE WORLD IS TO CONVINCE A BIRD THAT HE IS FREE, AND THAT HE CAN PROVE IT FOR HIMSELF IF HED JUST SPEND A LITTLE TIME PRACTICING? WHY SHOULD THAT BE SO HARD? "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L
  • 22. He spoke of very simple thingsIt is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition out limitation in any form. "Reading through the lens of STEAM" 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 R I C H A R D B A C H J O N A T H A N L I V I N G S T O N S E A G U L L