“One of the most exciting things about being alive today is that we can begin to have objective conversations about subjective realities so that we are not just slaves to interpreting these experiences according to whatever matrix we are operating under.”
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
“The key concept is to generate a genuine and heartfelt wish for the welfare of all beings. This tends to be one of the best ways to cultivate a regular practice where we get out of competitive mode and train our brains to see and act from a place of love, even in a world of suffering, because we are all suffering together. The goal is to break down the barriers of self and other, recognizing the interconnectedness of all life. It's also how we, in the modern world, stop pretending that we're so independent and pretending that we're happy in our isolation.”
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
“We could have chanted for the rest of our lives without anyone ever paying attention to us. But when the regime started attacking us, a lot of people who were on the sidelines started to join and protest, too. Because of the blood. Blood is what moves people.”
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“There is no better place to be than a classroom filled with a bunch of first-generation students determined to change the world.”
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“The United States is an anocracy for the first time in more than two hundred years. Let that sink in. We are no longer the world's oldest continuous democracy.”
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