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“Nothing in the whole universe is comparable to the mind or can take its place. Everything is mind-made. Yet we all take out minds for granted, which is another absurdity. No one takes the body for granted. When the body gets sick, we quickly run to the doctor. When the body gets hungry, we quickly feed it. When the body gets tired, we quickly rest it. But what about the mind? Only the meditator looks after the mind.”
― Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path
― Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path
“My isolation makes me safe but it is my prison too”
― The Fat Lady Sings
― The Fat Lady Sings
“What does "I am here" mean? It means, "I exist. I'm really here, because I'm not lost in the past, in the future, in my thinking, in the noise inside, the noise outside. I'm here”
― Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
― Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
“She could not tell anyone, but it seemed to her that with each baby lost, another part of the rope bridge linking her to the world at large had snapped and fallen away, until only the flimsiest thread kept her connected to that world, kept her sane”
― 10 Minutes 38 Second in this Strange World & How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
― 10 Minutes 38 Second in this Strange World & How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
“I suspect that lichens will endure. We could, too, if we listen to their teachings. If not, I imagine Umbilicaria will cover the rocky ruins of our time long after our delusions of separateness have relegated us to the fossil record, a ruffled green skin adorning the crumbling halls of power”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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