“ It is by practicing vulnerability of the heart that we discover courage. ”
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“ Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit. ”
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“ We have to allow ourselves to realize that we are complete fools; otherwise, we have nowhere to begin. ”
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“ To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. ”
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“ To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy. ”
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“ In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product dependent upon cause and effect and therefore liable to dissolution. Anything which is created must, sooner or later, die. If enlightenment were created in such a way, there would always be a possibility of ego reasserting itself, causing a return to the confused state. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it. ”
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“ We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it. ”
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“ As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. ”
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“ If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. ”
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“ Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation. ”
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“ As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. ”
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“ Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation. ”
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“ Whether we eat, sleep, work, play, whatever we do life contains dissatisfaction, pain. If we enjoy pleasure, we are afraid to lose it; we strive for more and more pleasure or try to contain it. If we suffer pain we want to escape it. We experience dissatisfaction all the time. All activities contain dissatisfaction or pain, continuously. ”
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“ Eventually we must give up trying to be something special. ”
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“ Selfdeception is a constant problem as we progress along a spiritual path. Ego is always trying to achieve spirituality. It is rather like wanting to witness your own funeral. ”
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“ True fearlessness is not the reduction of fear, but going beyond fear. ”
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“ If you must begin, then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time. ”
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“ Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. ”
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“ A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused. ”
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“ Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. ”
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“ There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end… ”
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“ A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused. ”
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“ In order to develop love — universal love, cosmic love, whatever you would like to call it — one must accept the whole situation of life as it is, both the light and the dark, the good and the bad. One must open oneself to life, communicate with it. ”
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“ There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end… ”
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“ Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. ”
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“ There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end… ”
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