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In true love, you attain freedom.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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Alive Aware Breathe Enlightenment Greatness Touch
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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Come Comfortable Disturb Enjoyment Heart Outside Silence Situation
We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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Endeavor Habit Joy Live Ourselves Relax Run Success Time
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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Future Gone Life Moments Ourselves Past Present Touch
The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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Acceptance Attitude Be Yourself Beautiful Inspirational Need
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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Be Yourself Missing Moments Ourselves Present
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Attachment Greatness Path Spiritual View
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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Air Inspirational Mind Need Plant Silence

In true love, you attain freedom.

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