Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
AJAHN BRAHMOne can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people’s freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible.
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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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One can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people’s freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible.
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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’s just people being people, the world being the world
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It’s the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you.
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