“A gung fu man’s mind … can remain present because even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it. The flow of thought is like water filling a pond, which is always ready to flow off again. It can work its inexhaustible power because it is free, and be open […]
With every act of selfless Kindness, you are reborn anew … This doctor recommends getting reborn on an hourly basis.
“I would rather be a flower which blooms in full glory and then dies, than be a shrub that lives for centuries yet never blossoms. I would rather be a spark that blazes brilliantly for but a moment, than be a glimmering bulb that pulses for years, yet is too dim to illuminate the Way […]
“I am going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I have spoken. My silences will not protect me, just as your silences will not protect you…. So what are the words you do not yet have? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you […]
To the ego, going “out of your way” to Care for another looks unpleasantly inedible (if not downright disgusting), and yet this “entree” is not only super-nutritious for the Soul; it is actually quite tasty as well … Bon appetite!
“Forgiveness is not forgetting an injustice done; it is the understanding that allows us to set aside the emotional impact of that wrongdoing. When we no longer hold onto our sadness and our anger, and instead choose to feel compassion for the person who inspired them, we have finally truly forgiven them — we have […]
We have all made mistakes in life, and in all likelihood, we will continue to make a few more. And when we do make those mistakes, there really is no need to get down on ourselves that much. After all, when a perfect Soul (a.k.a. the conscience) is placed in a patently selfish machine (a.k.a. […]
“Competition is limiting. Furthermore, it is not the way the Universe operates. There is a flow in the Universe. Our task is to join it.” ~ George Leonard
“When we hide from the world in this way, we feel secure. We may think we have quieted our fear, but we are actually making ourselves numb with fear. We surround ourselves with our own familiar thoughts, so that nothing sharp or painful can touch us. When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of […]
I’ll let you all in on a little secret: there are no purely “evil people” in the world. There are folks out there who have done some “evil” things, of course, and yet none of them were “bad” or “mean” … Every human being who has ever walked the Earth and every human being who […]
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