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Reality is not fixed, but instead changes depending upon the perceiver.  We actively configure reality by what we think about it; we see what we want to see and become what we want to become.
“Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha’s Liberating Teaching of No-Self”, Rodney Smith
If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
-Shobogenzo Zuimonki, Things Overheard at the Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma
If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), The Little Book of Buddhism
The prevalent sensation of oneself as a separate ego enclosed in a bag of skin is a hallucination which accords neither with Western science nor with the experimental philosophy-religions of the East — in particular the central and germinal Vedanta philosophy of Hinduism. This hallucination underlies the misuse of technology for the violent subjugation of man's natural environment and, consequently, its eventual destruction.
Alan Watts, The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Habitual Responses
While we are controlled by our habitual emotional responses – our conditioning – there is no freedom, and we waste so much potential energy locked in destructive patterns.
-Rob Preece, The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra
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"Know Thyself"
The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.
-Shunryu Suzuki
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Altruistic Love
Compassion and generosity must be accompanied by detachment. Expecting something in return for them is like doing business. If the owner of a restaurant is all smiles with his customers, it is not because he loves them but because he wants to increase his…
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Spiritual Connections
In Eastern culture, the spirit or soul is of utmost importance, and it is through the ongoing process of love relationships that we become whole. Therefore, it is important to cultivate these spiritual connections in order to harmoniously merge our minds,…
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Self in the Shadows
The Shadow, as Jung called the repressed side of our nature, in particular is kept in the dark by fear and denial. It lives in the darkness we create by our unwillingness to go beneath the surface and shine a light on what may be there. As long as we are…
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The Presentness of Life
To a West which in its concern to refashion heaven and earth is in danger of letting the presentness of life – the only life we really have – slip through its fingers, Zen comes as a reminder that if we do not learn to perceive the mystery and beauty of…
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The Source of True Joy
It has been observed that true joy comes not from pursuing ease and pleasure, but from serving life and focusing on giving, whether it be loving-kindness, knowledge, time or whatever we have to offer.
-Josefine Stark, Kuan Yin’s Miracle Mantras: Awakening…
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A Philosophy of Living Naturally
Taoism itself is primarily a philosophy of living naturally within the world, neither contending with nor altering nature. Taoist thought is permeated with the notion that humanity and heaven are a unified whole, that the entire universe is contained…
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Life at Full Intensity
Only in the synthesis of the most diverse fields of knowledge does life reveal its full intensity.
-Daniele Bolelli, On the Warrior’s Path, Second Edition: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
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The Purpose of Meditation
The real purpose of meditation in Buddhism isn’t to calm the mind (though this result may happen and is certainly conducive to the meditative process), nor is it to become detached and uncaring. Rather, the purpose is to experience the profound and…
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It is, I suppose, indicative of our modern civilization that, if I may paraphrase Churchill, so many wish to have so much while expending so little.
-Dave Lowry, Moving Toward Stillness: Lessons in Daily Life from the Martial Ways of Japan
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Meditation without Purpose
To the restless temperament of the West, sitting meditation may seem to be an unpleasant discipline, because we do not seem to be able to sit “just to sit” without qualms of conscience, without feeling that we ought to be doing something more important to…
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