If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.
AJAHN BRAHMUnderstand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love.
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).
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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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It is remarkable that in such countries people do not feel very free. The second kind of freedom, freedom from desires, is celebrated only in some religious communities. It celebrates contentment, peace that is free from desires.
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Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
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When you have abandoned all past and future, it is as if you have come alive. You are here, mindful…the nature of all types of consciousness reveals itself.
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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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What are people searching for in life? God. In the christian scriptures, it says ‘Be still and know you are God.’ What is this? You are peace, compassion, truth, Love, freedom. Real love.
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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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