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The master said nothing but pointed to a corner of the garden where a kitten was attempting to capture a fly.
The kitten lunged, gasped and stalked the fly. Yet for all of her efforts, the fly stayed just out of her reach.
Finally the kitten wore herself out and curled up in a ball at the master’s feet.
The fly, promptly landed, of its own accord, right on the tip of the sleeping kitten’s nose.
The young student, seeing this, understood.
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The end of our exploring will be to arrive at where we started, and to know the place for the first time. - T. S. Eliot
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. - Joseph Campbell
The heart is peaceful and joyful when we no longer imagine that we need something. - Eric Baret
The Heart is the only Reality. The mind is only a transient phase. To remain as one’s Self is to enter the Heart. - Sri Ramana Maharshi
The heart of all spiritual teaching is simple. Be love. Be peace. Be harmony. Be compassion. Be joy. - Unknown
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. - John Cage
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms. - Thich Nhat Hanh
The quieter you become the more you can hear. - Ram Dass
The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind. - Caroline Myss
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Try to keep your mind in the present. Whatever there is that arises in the mind, just watch it. Let go of it.
Don't even wish to be rid of thoughts. Then the mind will reach its natural state. No discriminating between good and bad, hot and cold, fast and slow. No me and no you, no self at all. Just what there is.
No need to cling to isolation or seclusion. Wherever you are, know yourself by being natural and watching. If doubts arise, watch them come and go.
It's very simple. Hold on to nothing.
It is as though you are walking down a road. Periodically you will run into obstacles. When you meet defilements, just see them and just overcome them by letting go of them. Don't think about the obstacles you have passed already.
Don't worry about those you have not yet seen. Stick to the present. Don't be concerned about the length of the road or about the destination.
Everything is changing. Whatever you pass, do not cling to it.
Eventually the mind will reach its natural balance where practice is automatic. All things will come and go of themselves.
Don't try to get anywhere in the practice. The very desire to be free or to be enlightened will be the desire that prevents your freedom.
You can try as hard as you wish, practise ardently night and day, but if it is still with the desire to achieve in mind, you will never find peace.
The energy from this desire will be a cause for doubt and restlessness. No matter how long or how hard you practise, wisdom will not arise from desire.
So, simply let go. Watch the mind and body mindfully but don't try to achieve anything.
Don't cling even to the practice of enlightenment.
- Ajahn Chah
Text source: Questions & Answers with Ajahn Chah
If you can cultivate wholesome mental states prior to sleep and allow them to continue right into sleep without getting distracted, then sleep itself becomes wholesome. - Dalai Lama
I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being. - Dalai Lama
A king asked a sage to explain the Truth. In response the sage asked the king how he would convey the taste of a mango to someone who had never eaten anything sweet. No matter how hard the king tried, he could not adequately describe the flavour of the fruit, and, in frustration, he demanded of the sage, "Tell me then, how would you describe it?"
The sage picked up a mango and handed it to the king saying "This is very sweet. Try eating it!"
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Religion is belief in someone else’s experience. Spirituality is having your own experience. - Deepak Chopra
Rely entirely on your clarity of thought, purity of motive and integrity of action! - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan
Separate we come, and separate we go, And, this be it known, is all that we know. - Conrad Aiken
Simply being with other people who are also seekers and who are involved in the same quest you are is very meaningful. - Dan Wakefield
Sit quietly and tune into your Self. You will find that within that calm and peace, there are many answers. - Unknown
Sometimes we have to stop looking at our problems and start appreciating how beautiful our lives have become. - Antonie Crowley
The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results. - Krishna
The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. - The Dalai Lama
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American Bishop Explains How Religion is ‘Made Up’ and Used to Control People
In enjoyment, there is fear of disease; in social position, the fear of falling off; in wealth, the fear of (hostile) kings; in honour, the fear of humiliation; in power, the fear of foe men; in beauty, the fear of old age; in scriptural erudition, the fear of opponents; in virtue, the fear of traducers; in body, the fear of death. All the things of this world pertaining to human beings are attended with fear; renunciation alone stands for fearlessness. - Vairagya Sakatam of Bhartrihari
The work of a person laboring in some humble occupation is no less relevant to the well-being of society than that of, for example, a doctor, a teacher, a monk, or a nun. All human endeavor is potentially great and noble. So long as we carry out our work with good motivation, thinking, “My work is for others,” it will be of benefit to the wider community. But when concern for others’ feelings and welfare is missing, our activities tend to become spoiled. Through lack of basic human feeling, religion, politics, economics, and so on can be rendered dirty. Instead of serving humanity, they become agents of destruction. - Dalai Lama
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can. - Dalai Lama
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