March 2012
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“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”
– Shirley Maclaine
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“We have to move from the illusion of certainty to the certainty of illusion.”
– Sam Keen
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“What can be described is the known, and the freedom from the known can come into...”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti, “A Still Mind”
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“When challenges or obstacles arise for us, we don’t have to get so intimidated;...”
– Dzigar Kongtrul, “Old Relationships, New Possibilities”
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“The only means of strengthening one’s intellect is to make up one’s...”
– John Keats
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“The crucial point is to maintain constant vigilance over and awareness of our...”
– Matthieu Ricard, “Working with Desire”
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“Loss is a fact of life. Impermanence is everywhere we look. We are all going to...”
– Lama Surya Das, “Practicing With Loss”
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“Unwilling to fully live the life that is arriving in our bodies moment by...”
– Reggie Ray, “Touching Enlightenment”
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“Human beings understand too much. But what they understand is just somebody’s...”
– Seung Sahn, “BOOM!”
Your story
gradnessmadness:
“I’m not saying that you should deny the difficult events of your life. But the fact that you survived is also a wonderful story to tell. And that story, the story of the way you came through a difficult situation, found resources within yourself or outside of yourself, gleaned from that experience what you wanted and what you didn’t want going forward — that is a story that can...
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“Instead of thinking of this and that, one thing after the other, let your mind...”
– Tsoknyi Rinpoche, “Dissolving the Confusion”
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“What should you do to put your body to good use? Most people have no idea. A...”
– Dilgo Khyentse, “The Day After You Die”
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“Nothing in the voice of the cicada intimates how soon it will die.”
– Basho
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“Sometimes when I’m asked to describe the Buddhist teachings, I say this:...”
– Lewis Richmond, “The Authentic Life”
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“Even on a small scale in daily life situations, such as when we feel bored or...”
– Ajahn Sucitto, “From Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha’s First Teaching” 