“Love allows freedom for the beloved, even the freedom to leave. It surely grants the freedom to make mistakes, or to make decisions that bring out challenging situations. Challenges are part of this life simulation game after all. Love doesn't judge the person by their choices and deeds. Love says: "I trust and respect that you will eventually find your path on your own, whatever it may be. You don't need to agree with me—I love your 'yes' and I love your 'no.' I may get upset at you, but I still love you. You use your free will to do what you believe to be right. You live your life, with your choices and their results. It's just an additional honor and fun to have you in my life while we both enjoy it.”
― Why We Are Born: Remembering Our Purpose through the Akashic Records
― Why We Are Born: Remembering Our Purpose through the Akashic Records
“Life is perhaps lighting up a cigarette
in the narcotic repose between two love-makings
or the absent gaze of a passerby
who takes off his hat to another passerby
with a meaningless smile and a good morning”
― Another Birth - Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season
in the narcotic repose between two love-makings
or the absent gaze of a passerby
who takes off his hat to another passerby
with a meaningless smile and a good morning”
― Another Birth - Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season
“Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's?
A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.”
― Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.”
― Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
“i loved you
because
it was easier
than
loving myself.”
―
because
it was easier
than
loving myself.”
―
“The announcement that a train has been delayed, for example, can produce anger in one person, tears in another, and weary resignation in a third. Even so, it is usually very hard to accept that we suffer in direct proportion to our own inherent tendency to do so. But until we learn to accept that we become angry or upset not because of any external cause, such as our relationships with other people or our circumstances, but ultimately because of something that already exists within our own lives – the inherent cause – we can never begin to change that innate tendency and so become fundamentally happy. We”
― The Buddha In Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin
― The Buddha In Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin
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