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Lo, I am with you always means when you look for God,

God is in the look of your eyes,

in the thought of looking, nearer to you than your self,

or things that have happened to you

There’s no need to go outside.

Rumi

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Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?

I cannot stop asking.

If I could taste one sip of an answer,

I could break out of this prison for drunks.

I didn’t come here of my own accord, and I can’t leave that way.

Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

Rumi

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My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that,

And I intend to end up there.

Rumi

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Why should I seek? I am the same as

he. His essence speaks through me.

I have been looking for myself!

Rumi

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You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.

This is but half the truth. You are also as strong as your strongest link.

To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the ocean by the frailty of its foam.

To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.

Khalil Gibran in The Prophet

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Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, “I have found a truth.”

Say not, "I have found the path of the soul."

Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.”

Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet

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Much of your pain is self-chosen.

It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity.

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows — then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason."

And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, — then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion."

And since you are a breath in God's sphere, and a leaf in God's forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion.

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean.

Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet

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Form is no other than emptiness,

emptiness no other than form.

Heart Sutra excerpt from A Little Bit of Zen by Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara

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La vida no es un constante ir para adelante. Es cíclica. Y lo regresivo no siempre es retrógrado; a veces, para sanar, hay que ir hacia atrás en nuestra historia de vida y echar un mando de compasión, perdón y empatía. Disolver, abrazar, fluir.

Astrología del Liderazgo by Julieta Suárez Valente

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When you kill a beast say to him in your heart,

"By the same power that slays you, I too am slain; and I too shall be consumed.

For the law that delivered you into my hand shall deliver me into a mightier hand.

Your blood and my blood is naught but the sap that feeds the tree of heaven."

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart,

“Your seeds shall live in my body,

And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,

And your fragrance shall be my breath,

And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons."

Kalil Gibran, The Prophet

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The light has its own intelligence. It always moves in the right place at the right time and it does the right thing. It's all orderly. It takes care of everything. It's not important to know details. The real necessary thing is the heart[…] The only thing causing disease is fear. It’s the only thing that can hinder the light. As long as the light is there, there’s no problem.

The Convoluted Universe 4 by Dolores Cannon

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All action is rest, and all rest is action.

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara in A Little Bit Of Zen

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We must bear witness to our feelings, our reactivity, lest we act in unskillful ways, escalating the very suffering we wish to heal.

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara in A Little Bit of Zen

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Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountains and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life. Breathe in and let yourself soar to the ends of the universe; breathe out and bring the cosmos back inside. Next, breathe up all the fecundity and vibrancy of the earth. Finally, blend the breath of heaven and the breath of earth with that of your own, becoming the Breath of Life itself.

Morihei Ueshiba in The Art Of Peace (translated by John Stevens)