“How do we not fall into a perpetual state of despair? My father said to me the other day, "We have to stare it down. IT being grief." IT being everything he can't control like age, the waning strength of his legs, or the loss of another son.”
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“In the world that lies ahead, religious pluralism is going to penetrate all cultures. How we live together with different points of view is going to become more and more important. I don’t know whether we can make progress in such a project without a contemplative practice that alerts us to our own biases, prejudices, and self-centered programs for happiness, especially when they trample on other people’s rights and needs.”
― The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation
― The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation
“Each of us was born to bring forth something new that has never existed: a way of being, a family, an idea, art, a community - something brand-new. We are here to fully introduce ourselves, to impose ourselves and ideas and thoughts and dreams onto the world, leaving it changed forever by who we are and what we bring forth from our depths. So we cannot contort ourselves to fit into the visible order. We must unleash ourselves and watch the world reorder itself in front of our eyes.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
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