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Acknowledge your thoughts, let them go. By coming back to the freshness of the present moment, you are sowing seeds of wakefulness in your unconscious. This will help you let go of your habitual ways of doing things, then you can proceed and do something fresh.

Some say you can get rid of anything by writing about it.  This process of externalization can liberate the pain in your soul.  This realization produces a dichotomy: to free yourself or to hold on to both joys and pain by remaining silent about them.

We often feel that others require tolerance, but there is no such thing as tolerance, because there is no such thing as other.  Give up all ideas of individuality and extend your goodwill without prejudice in every direction, never judging, and never resisting.

Some cultures have held respect for elders or reverence for ancestors in highest regard as a sacred duty. Yet few of us truly see the real point in all this: if we, as heirs, understand the perspective of heirs, if we know it in our hearts, we will be less inclined to be bad ancestors ourselves.

Quote: Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.  Albert Einstein

Impermanence can teach you a lot about how to cheer up.  Its okay if the thoughts of impermanence scare you, this can make you start asking questions and start you wondering. Maybe you are afraid of the most exciting things you have yet to learn.

Approach it and there is no beginning, follow it and there is no end.  You cannot know it, but you can be it, at ease in your life.  Just realize where you came from: this is the essence of wisdom.  Look and it is right before your eyes.

If you can let go of all dualities you can reach the heart of the integral Oneness.  Avoid thinking of the Oneness as unusual, exalted, sublime, transcendental.  It is beyond all that.  It is simply the direct essential and complete truth.

Whenever a feeling is voiced with sincerity and trustworthiness, whenever a deed is the clear expression of sentiment, a far-reaching influence is exerted.  The root of this influence lies in your inner being and the effect is a reflection of something that emanates from your heart.

Quote: Remember who you are because nobody else will.

Let your mind and your heart be big enough to hang out in the space where we’re not entirely certain who is right and who is wrong.  Practice meeting people with no agenda.  Just see, hear and feel them as they really are, not trying to make them right or wrong.  True communication can only happen in that open space.

When you awake, take time to immerse yourself in the rising energy of the day.  In the evening, put aside the cares of the day.  Night is the time for regeneration, just immerse yourself in the gestating power of the dark. 

Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking about yourself.  When we don’t see the self as self what do we have to fear? See the world as yourself, treat the world as yourself, love the world as yourself, have faith in the way things are.  Then you can care for all things.

If you are serious and composed, you will have the clarity of mind needed to come to terms with the innumerable impressions that pour in.  At the beginning of things, it is important to have this clarity.  The beginning holds the seeds of all that is to follow.

Quote: Treat yourself the way you want others to treat you.

Fully acknowledge your sadness and the sadness of life, but do not be consumed by it.  Remember your true nature of balance and completeness.  Joining vision with practicality, this quality of being continuously awake will help you remember who you really are.

In life the only thing that causes us separation is our ego because we place ourselves before others and other things.  Divest yourself from self-importance and desire for success.  You can intuitively sense the right direction to go, feeling the divine energy and life’s vital flow. 

Observe the world, trust your inner vision, allow things to come and go keep your heart as open as the sky.  Reflect whatever appears without judgement.  Whatever happens is all right, just treat yourself with compassion and kindness.

We have in us a nature that is innately good, which guides us through life.  By following this goodness, you attain an unsullied innocence that teaches you to do right with instinctive sureness, and without expectation of reward or personal advantage.

Quote: You have everything you need, don’t ask for more.

Being ignorant about your emotions or struggling against them only make matters worse. Become more attentive to your emotions, get to know them better.  To dissolve their power, use your wholehearted intelligent attention, this will help you discover their insubstantial nature.

If we are to accept life’s sad parts, we must also embrace its good parts.  As long as you have behaved responsibly, there is nothing wrong with enjoying the best of what life has to offer.  Act as if you are nature’s favorite; who is to say otherwise?

Realize there is nothing to teach, then you can teach anyone who wants to learn.  A true lover realizes there is no one to love, that’s why they are available to anyone who needs them.  Realize there is nowhere to stand, and you can stand anywhere.

If you encounter hinderances at the beginning of an enterprise, do not try to force advance, but pause and take thought.  However, do not let anything put you off your course.  Persevere and keep your goal in sight, but no matter how confident you are, nothing should be taken lightly.

Quote: The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.

We need to develop a zest for challenge and for life.  This practice adds up to awesome beauty, inspiration, and uplifted feeling.  Life then becomes a process of growing up, and you becoming more and more fearless.  This way life becomes a sense of play.

We have three sheaths, the outer physical body that incorporates primitive drives and instinct, the inner one is the mind that includes reasoning and sense of individuality.  At our core is the soul, it is absolute, it is beyond senses, thoughts, and all relativity. 

Try to live like every other species: seeking no reward, taking no pride, guiding without enslaving.  Purge our mind of coercion allowing your heart unfettered joy.  Cleanse the inner vision, leaving your mind in spiritual purity.  Do this by letting things go and staying in your center.

Natural laws are based on the principle of movement along the lines of least resistance, in nature all movement is in harmony with these laws.  These laws are not forces external to things, but represent the harmony of movement immanent in them.

Quote: Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.

We have what it takes to wake up, we just need some encouragement to be aware of what we think, say and do.  By cultivating a mind that does not grasp at right and wrong, you will find a fresh state of being.  The ultimate cessation of suffering comes from that.

You are the only one to blame for your habits and your shortcomings.  Equally it is a mistake to lose self esteem simply because you have some flaws.  Looking at your shortcomings and taking steps to eliminate them should be looked at as a dispassionate project. 

If you seek people’s approval you become bound to them.  If you want admiration, give away a fortune.  The response you get will be in proportion to the size of the fortune.  If you want their approval, share these teachings with them and you will be immersed in the blessings that flow from it. 

Being still when it’s time to be still and going forward when it is time to go forward.  In this way rest and movement agree; this will help you quiet the heart.  When you become calm, then you can turn to the outside world, as you no longer see the struggle and tumult of individuals.

Quote: The best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

Each moment is just what it is, it may be the only moment of our life.  We could get depressed about it, or we could appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.

When you are awake, some say you are no longer dreaming or could it be you are just dreaming another dream?  If life is just shifting from one dream to another, what is truly real?  This strange contrast is something to contemplate.

The natural thing to do is to nourish your community with a benevolent heart.  Be simple and generous, don’t try to control, don’t compare, don’t compete, be content with just being who you are.  This way everybody will respect you.

If a person or persons are annoying you, do not engage, retreat with dignity and reserve. When you carry your retreat out correctly, it is a sign of strength.   It is not good to hate people or situations, for hatred is a form of subjective involvement by which you are bound to the hated object.

Quote: We are told not to cross the bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by those who crossed bridges in their imaginations far ahead of the crowd.

Being satisfied with what we already have is the key to being alive in a full, unrestricted and inspiring way.  Wake up, become more alert and curious about yourself.  Being who we are rather than trying to change and improve ourselves is all right.  Just be.  Any wisdom that exists, exists in what we already have.

What we do only has meaning in the here and now, it will not remain in the next instant.  Just do what you can for the present and leave everything else to happen naturally.  We all strive to do things, but there is truly nothing to be done. 

Detachment from things results in clarity; clarity expresses itself as love.  Your heart becomes a mirror that reflects all faces, without judgement and exactly as they are.  This clarity will help you understand the universe as a harmonious oneness.

Our task in life is full of responsibility, it is nothing less than leading the world out of confusion and back to order.  We must first investigate the nature of the forces in question and ascertain their proper places.  If we can bring these forces to bear on the right place the desired effect will be achieved. 

Quote: You never fail until you stop trying.   Albert Einstein

What seems undesirable in our lives doesn’t have to trigger habitual reactions.  We can let it show us where we’re at and let it remind us that the ancient teachings encourage gentleness, with loving kindness towards every moment.  We can use it to encourage us to step out into that ambiguity.

Human law is imperfect, there will always be unprecedented circumstances.  Thus, we must go beyond rules and operate instead from pure wisdom.  We must act with experience, flexibility, and insight.  Let us absorb integrity so that we do the right thing intuitively.

Your spirit is always with you, and you can use it in any way you want, it is inexhaustible.  It is the infinite gateway to mysteries within mysteries.  If you attempt to fix a picture of spirit in your mind you will lose it.  Why not be content with simply experiencing it?

An exhausting situation can be caused by not having enough or being overwhelmed by having too much.  If you are stuck in an exhausting situation, discover the cause, and seek a solution.  Merely complaining and being resentful will only make the situation worse.

Quote: Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.