Think Like Water

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crystal-poison:

“An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an african tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took eachothers hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats.

When he asked them why they had run like that when one could have had all the fruits for himself, they said ‘UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the others are sad?’ (‘UBUNTU’ in the Xhosa culture means: ‘I am because we are)”

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'We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing - our moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we live in. We can't hold on to anything - a beautiful sunset, a sweet taste, an intimate moment with a lover, our very existence as the body/mind we call self -...

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Interbeing

Nothing can be by itself alone, everything in the cosmos must “inter-be” with everything else.

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[thecalminside]

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

Carl Jung (via thecalminside)

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Tigy, moki, and shyni : Wat Buddhametta, Tucson.

[thecalminside]

You are your own teacher. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.

Ajahn Chah (via thecalminside)

[thecalminside]

The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thecalminside)

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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. ~ Albert Schweitzer

(via beherenowandzen)

[lazyyogi]

Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting…snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be and enjoy being.

Eckhart Tolle (via lazyyogi)

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Love

'By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.'

- Jesus of Nazareth, Gospel of John, 13.35

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Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cowbells of ignorance that surrounded, it shines clear.

Mahatma Gandhi

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A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.

Marshal McLuhan

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"Beliefs get in the way of learning."

Robert Heinlein

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"everything we here is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

Marcus Aurelius

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“The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy."

Thích Nhất Hạnh

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When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for them is there.

Thích Nhất Hạnh