“The desire for liberation arises in human beings at the end of many births, through the ripening of their past virtuous conduct.”
― The Upanishads
― The Upanishads
“Billions of things are going on in this world. You can think about it all you want, but life is still going to keep on happening.”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“Don’t treat yourself so gingerly; you can let go of stuff. Sometimes it takes three breaths instead of two to do it, but you can do it. Be a little tougher and don’t cling to stuff. People go around carrying everybody’s stuff all of the time. I just pick it up and put it down. Pick it up and put it down. That doesn’t mean I’m not compassionate, it doesn’t mean I don’t love people. But holding onto people’s suffering is not compassionate… for them or for you.”
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“You just go a little crazy, you know. Sometimes. And why? Well only because your soul is just too big for you, it flies away somehow.”
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“there is no reason to constantly attempt to figure everything out”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
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