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“What use is hatred, except as a step toward love?”
― A Door Into Ocean
― A Door Into Ocean
“Some things you can't just ask for. Freedom is one.”
― A Door Into Ocean
― A Door Into Ocean
“If the Sun is the source of flow in the economy of nature, what is the “Sun” of a human gift economy, the source that consonantly replenishes the flow of gifts? Maybe it is love.”
― The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
― The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
“The Heart is used in the Vedas and the scriptures to denote the place whence the notion ‘I’ springs. Does it spring only from the fleshy ball? It springs within us somewhere right in the middle of our being. The ‘I’ has no location. Everything is the Self. There is nothing but that. So the Heart must be said to be the entire body of ourselves and of the entire universe, conceived as ‘I’. But to help the practiser we have to indicate a definite part of the Universe, or of the Body. So this Heart is pointed out as the seat of the Self. But in truth we are everywhere, we are all that is, and there is nothing else.”
― Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness
― Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness
“The President of the Universe holds no real power. His sole purpose is to take attention away from where the power truly exists...”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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