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“Is enlightenment gradual or is it sudden? Whole schools of Buddhism have grown up around this issue. But it has always seemed to me that liberation is both sudden and gradual, that there is no polarity between the two.”
― Joseph Goldstein, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom

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“I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.”
― Langston Hughes

tags: death, desperation, drowning, poetry, suicide

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“This attachment to the body also deeply conditions our fear of death. The more we cling, the harder it is to let go.”
― Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

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“Distortion of view takes place when we hold so deeply to our viewpoint that not even known facts can sway our beliefs.”
― Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

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“If we try to practice meditation without the foundation of goodwill to ourselves and others, it is like trying to row across a river without first untying the boat; our efforts, no matter how strenuous, will not bear fruit. We need to practice and refine our ability to live honestly and with integrity.”
― Joseph Goldstein, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom

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