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Very interesting, accessible and thoughtful

😲 this book is amazing and fantastic! LOVE IT!

"Physical reality frustrates us.
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We want to become resilient in the face of impermanence, density and unpredictability--in the face of physical reality. Metaphysical reality is where we can obtain guidelines that show us how to dance with the life swirling around us."

"Physical reality frustrates us. For one thing, many of us believe that if only we plan everything and do the right things in our lives, we'll get exactly what we want when we want it... we often worry that we have done something wrong to cause things to turn out that way.
But this isn't true! Most of the time we haven't done anything wrong at all. It is simply the nature of physical reality..."

"Physical reality frustrates us. For one thing, many of us believe that if only we plan everything and do the right things in our lives, we'll get exactly what we want when we want it... we often worry that we have done something wrong to cause things to turn out that way.
But this isn't true! Most of the time we haven't done anything wrong at all. It is simply the nature of physical reality..."

The revered monk Thich Nhat Hanh said, "The miracle it's not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment."

"I'm not suggesting you stop using your analytical powers. I'm asking instead that you consider the ways habitual thought patterns stave off luminosity...when we bring only these old patterns of thought to life's fresh adventures, we run the risk of turning the new into the old."

"oppression masked as "concern" provokes in the child a response of hatred, severing of communication, and withdrawal of from relationship with those closest to him. this is a typical stage in a child's training for survival in the adult world, and a step towards the diminishment of aliveness..."
Oh,shit

"intense emotional attachment to any value, any virtue, any set of 'shoulds' is a disease, a mental illness, a condition of self-murder and cultural assassination."

"That's why thinking in terms of channels can be very important. No one has to love working with people all the time, but the reason you start to hate it is almost always that you are using only a limited number of channels. It's not just the people. You're not just burnt out by helping. You need more feeling or movement, more inner work, more family work or more of a global context." Omg yes

"we are changing the metaphor from earth as mother, to the earth as lover." "

"Very few people today show much interest in Francis's deep personal faith, his call to strict poverty or his absolute devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, many Catholics in the peace and ecology movements, who regularly name Francis as their champion, pride themselves in rebelling against the established church, showing nothing but disdain for the hierarchy--a fact their patron saint would deplore."

It's really fascinating to learn about the dominant religions, and this figure especially. So passionate, spiritual/connected, and oh so dedicated. other than that
I don't totally understand why he inspires so many but hopefully I'll integrate that soon

Wow kissing the hands of lepers?
Powerful

Interesting!

' the natural way for a human being to feel is zestful. a human being "gets a whale of a kick" out of living. views problems as interesting challenges to be solved with enjoyment, not as occasions to be depressed or anxious or irritable.
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relationship seems to consist precisely of enjoying affection to/from another person, enjoying communication with another person, and enjoying co-operation with another person..

Wow so and different and interesting and fascinating!

So far so unexpected, dare i say radical?
".. This process of learning to categorize experiences, and then forgetting the distinction between categories and experience itself, it's what i call learning how to lie."

Super insightful and thought provoking and informative... Wow, what a book. never read anything like this in my life

Amazing. https://facebook.com/austinelizabeth.... "That numbing of mind and heart is already upon us--in the diversions we create for ourselves as individuals and nations, in the fights we pick, the aims we pursue, the stuff we buy. So let us look at it. Let's see how it happens so we can awaken. The work that reconnects helps

kosmosjournal.org/news/excerpt-coming... "It is crucial that we know this: we can meet our needs without destroying our life-support system. We have the scientific knowledge and the technical means to do that. We have the savvy and the resources to grow sufficient quantities of real, unaltered food. We know how to protect clean air and water. We...

Xxviii banality of evil're, great quote

Xxviii banality of evil're, great quote

Xxviii banality of evil're, great quote

Xxviii banality of evil're, great quote

Xxviii banality of evil're, great quote