Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
The Buddha
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We’ve formed many a theory and belief, but as we look about the human world, it is clear that nobody actually knows what’s going on. Yet claims to Truth are being made at every hand, including the claim that there is no Truth.
We’ve formed many a theory and belief, but as we look about the human world, it is clear that nobody actually knows what’s going on. Yet claims to Truth are being made at every hand, including the claim that there is no Truth.
Steve Hagen
To be confused – in the biggest sense – is to be firing on all cylinders. Without knowing the right answer ahead of time, you can be fully engaged in the moment.
To be confused – in the biggest sense – is to be firing on all cylinders. Without knowing the right answer ahead of time, you can be fully engaged in the moment.
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Look at a cat as she stretches out contentedly in the sun. There is no thought of the next moment, only the sheer enjoyment of the present. Rest Assured that she will still be able to clean herself, still be able to catch mice, and still be able to do al the things that a cat must do. But she is without anxieties, and so she is purely and totally who she should be. She acts as if she were nature’s favorite. And who is to say otherwise.
Look at a cat as she stretches out contentedly in the sun. There is no thought of the next moment, only the sheer enjoyment of the present. Rest Assured that she will still be able to clean herself, still be able to catch mice, and still be able to do al the things that a cat must do. But she is without anxieties, and so she is purely and totally who she should be. She acts as if she were nature’s favorite. And who is to say otherwise.
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I have a commonplace book for facts, and another for poetry, but I find it difficult always to preserve the distinction which I had in mind, for the most interesting and beautiful facts are so much the more poetry and that is their success. They are translated from earth to heaven. I see that if my facts were sufficiently vital and significant—perhaps transmuted into the substance of the human mind—I should need but one book of poetry to contain them all.
I have a commonplace book for facts, and another for poetry, but I find it difficult always to preserve the distinction which I had in mind, for the most interesting and beautiful facts are so much the more poetry and that is their success. They are translated from earth to heaven. I see that if my facts were sufficiently vital and significant—perhaps transmuted into the substance of the human mind—I should need but one book of poetry to contain them all.
Henry David Thoreau
A potential student went to see a Zen master and asked: “If I work really hard, how long will it take to become enlightened.” The Zen master looked at the man, and said: “Ten years.” “No, no,” the man said, “I mean to really work at it—” The Zen master cut him off. “I’m sorry, I misjudged you—twenty years.” “Wait,” the man blurted out, “I’m very serious, you don’t understand—” “Thirty years,” said the Zen master.
A potential student went to see a Zen master and asked: “If I work really hard, how long will it take to become enlightened.”
The Zen master looked at the man, and said: “Ten years.”
“No, no,” the man said, “I mean to really work at it—”
The Zen master cut him off. “I’m sorry, I misjudged you—twenty years.”
“Wait,” the man blurted out, “I’m very serious, you don’t understand—”
“Thirty years,” said the Zen master.
ZEN STORY
Yet another elder said: If you see a young monk by his own will climbing up to heaven, take him by the foot and throw him to the ground, because what he is doing is not good for him.
Yet another elder said: If you see a young monk by his own will climbing up to heaven, take him by the foot and throw him to the ground, because what he is doing is not good for him.
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People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Albert Einstein
God made the senses turn outwards, man therefore looks outwards, not into himself, but occasionally a daring soul, desiring immortality, has looked back and found himself.
God made the senses turn outwards, man therefore looks outwards, not into himself, but occasionally a daring soul, desiring immortality, has looked back and found himself.
The Upanishads