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And what most appeals to him is the idea that Vajrayana is a religion based on experience, not faith. It is about experiencing, not believing. Every proposition can ultimately be checked against your own experience. One of Wim’s favorite
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“The human mind is like that monkey, incessantly active by its own nature, then it becomes drunk with the wine of desire, thus increasing its turbulence. After desire takes possession comes the sting of the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others, and last of all the demon of pride enters the mind, making it think itself of all importance.”
― Be Here Now
― Be Here Now
“Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we're so deeply interconnected with one another. Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is the supreme creative act.”
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“Prolong not the past
Invite not the future
Do not alter your innate wakefulness
Fear not appearances
There in nothing more than this”
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Invite not the future
Do not alter your innate wakefulness
Fear not appearances
There in nothing more than this”
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“When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.”
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“When somebody provokes your anger, the only reason you get angry is because you’re holding on to how you think something is supposed to be. You’re denying how it is. Then you see it’s the expectations of your own mind that are creating your own hell. When you get frustrated because something isn’t the way you thought it would be, examine the way you thought, not just the thing that frustrates you. You’ll see that a lot of your emotional suffering is created by your models of how you think the universe should be and your inability to allow it to be as it is.”
― Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart
― Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart
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