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No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings
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In our day-to-day lives, we’re continually making meaning and creating stories about everything that happens. A thought arises, we create a story about it, the story evokes an emotion, we create another story about that, and on and on
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Salvation
“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
“Doing the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.”
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“Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts."
The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.
The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.”
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The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.
The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.”
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“Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.”
― Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
― Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
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