When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
AJAHN BRAHMThe ability to love yourself so much that you forgive everything and you are at peace with yourself like a mother loves a child, not trying to be someone.
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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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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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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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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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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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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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The ability to love yourself so much that you forgive everything and you are at peace with yourself like a mother loves a child, not trying to be someone.
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Understand 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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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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 the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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