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neither Buddhism nor shamanism are “revealed” teachings. Both emphasize direct experience and personal realization over doctrine.
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
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“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
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“We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.”
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“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.”
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