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I haven't yet finished the book, but something mandated that I wrote a review right away. I know I'll rate this book 5 stars anyway. There are only a handful texts that imparts the spiritual discourse from a state direct experience. This is one. If y ...more "
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"You do nothing, absolutely nothing. You're watching the thoughts come. As soon as the thoughts come, in a gentle way you inquire, "To whom do these thoughts come? They come to me. I think them. Who is this I? Where did it come from? How did it arise? From where did it arise? Who is the I? Who am I?" You remain still. The thoughts come again. You do the same thing again and again and again, in a gentle, peaceful way." — Oct 06, 2019 08:40AM
"You do nothing, absolutely nothing. You're watching the thoughts come. As soon as the thoughts come, in a gentle way you inquire, "To whom do these thoughts come? They come to me. I think them. Who is this I? Where did it come from? How did it arise? From where did it arise? Who is the I? Who am I?" You remain still. The thoughts come again. You do the same thing again and again and again, in a gentle, peaceful way." — Oct 06, 2019 08:40AM
Woman, I would have been your child, to drink the milk of your breasts as from a well, to see and feel you at my side and have you in your gold laughter and your crystal voice. To feel you in my veins like God in the rivers and adore you in
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“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”
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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
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