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“Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.” This”
― The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path
― The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path
“Acceptance means events can make it through you without resistance”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
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“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.”
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“The deep joy of awakening is a happiness not of merriment or exuberance, but a love that reveals itself precisely when sadness or other difficult emotions are allowed to unfold just as they are. It is a joy of relinquishing, allowing, setting down the burden. The spiritual search, then, is really the cessation of searching. No more manipulating experience in order to feel better (what will it be this time?), no more lurching out of the mind for satisfaction. But letting go, letting be, and giving up.”
― The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path
― The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path
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