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Found this at B&N today whilst perusing the Writing section. This is just what I was looking for--this author has a zen background and this book is a joy to read! Just reading a few parts made we want to rush out of the store to go home and write! Ca
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“The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any true sacrifices. He always plays it safe. Though in words, phrases, songs, he is inexhaustible about how highly he prizes Christ, he renounces nothing, gives up nothing, will not reconstruct his life, will not be what he admires, and will not let his life express what it is he supposedly admires.”
― Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
― Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
“Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)”
― The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras (Transformational Bo
― The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras (Transformational Bo
“The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.”
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“A yogi is much more disciplined in his speech. Yogic tradition has it that speech must pass before three barriers prior to being uttered aloud. These barriers come in the form of three questions: Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary? (112-113)”
― The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras (Transformational Bo
― The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras (Transformational Bo
“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”
― The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu
― The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu
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