“So if meditation did liberate you from obedience to these feelings, it would be, in a certain sense, dispelling an illusion—the illusion you implicitly subscribe to when you follow the feeling, the illusion that the rage, and for that matter the revenge it inspires, is fundamentally “good.” It turns out the feeling isn’t even good in the basic sense of self-interest.”
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
“natural selection didn’t design your mind to see the world clearly; it designed your mind to have perceptions and beliefs that would help take care of your genes.”
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
“Douglass played the prophetic role of the “suffering servant” with zeal. His famous statement about agitation, delivered in a speech in 1857, has stood the test of time and numerous protest ideologies: “If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to”
― Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
― Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
“Can I really remember, over and over again, that, contrary to all indications, fulfilling my desires will not be as satisfying as lessening them? Simple, but not easy.”
― Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
― Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
“As Kurzban has summarized this finding, “We think we’re better than average at not being biased in thinking that we’re better than average.”
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
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