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January 9, 2024

Posted on January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 By Posts No Comments on January 9, 2024

There are three characteristics of human existence: impermanence, ego-lessness and dissatisfaction.  Recognize these qualities to be real and true and you will be able to relax with things as they are.  These three characteristics are the facts of life, there is no cure, so stop struggling against the nature of reality.

We see activities and work as obligations and often strain against our fate, but there is joy to working and doing things in harmony with the proper time.  When we do things at just the right occasion, those efforts will bear fruit later and the gratification is tremendous.

Our intuition must be our main guide in life, you have an inner knowing; use it.  If you cultivate it, you will be genuine and you will come to know others by what you do yourself.  Seek out what links your mind with the universal mind, by doing so you will help all beings.

If you are faced with a superior foe, it would be hopeless to fight him.  An orderly retreat is the correct procedure and looking for small ways to minimize the effect.  It is by no means a sign of strength or courage to engage in a hopeless struggle regardless of circumstances.

Quote:  We create who we are by the truths we choose.

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