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Apr 08, 2026 09:51PM

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Twenty Years Later

by Charlie Donlea (Goodreads Author)

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“The Lotus in Buddhism is a sacred symbol that represents purity and resurrection as attributes that develop through a spiritual awakening of the self. With humble beginnings in swamplands, the Lotus flower exquisitely blooms, pure and untainted, from this murky world it thrives in. The Lotus flower represents a higher state of mind, a strong spirit cultivated far from the suffering and temptations of this muddied world that personifies beauty through the present moment.”
― Forrest Curran, Purple Buddha Project: Purple Book of Self-Love

tags: inspirational, motivational, peace, philosophy, spiritual, wisdom, zen

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“Om is the things, Om is the ingredient, Om is the container and the content of this universe.”
― Banani Ray, Glory of OM: A Journey to Self-Realization

tags: advaita, awakening, awareness, bliss, buddism, consciousness, container, contemporary, content, empowerment, enlightenment, experience, gift, happiness, illustrated, illustration, inspiration, inspirational, inspire, inspiring, meditation, mind, mind-and-soul, mind-body-and-soul, mindfulness, motivation, motivational, non-duality, non-fiction, nonduality, nonfiction, om, oneness, peace, philosophy, power-of-now, pure-awareness, read, real, relaxation, self-help, self-improvement, spiritual, spiritual-growth, spirituality, transcendence, transformation, truth, upanishads, visionary, wellbeing, wellness, wisdom, yoga, zen

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“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

tags: home, identity, leaving, life, moving-on, past, travel

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“Almost everything that I've ever worried about has never happened ..”
― Ian Tucker, Your Simple Path - Find Happiness in every step.

tags: anxiety, buddism, calm, happiness, peace, reiki, zen

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“WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves—the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds—never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.”
― Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

tags: awakening, buddism, self-improvement

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