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One Zen master said, The whole universe is my true personality. This is a very wonderful saying… If you want to see what you truly are, open the window, and everything you see is in fact the expression of your inner reality. Can you embrace all of it?

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This simply strengthens the ego. In fact, such conclusions arise from the ego itself. Pay no attention to them. Don’t go to war with yourself; simply inquire into who you are.
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Attention Conclusion Ego Enquire Fact Pay Simply Strengthens
The truth is that you already are what you are seeking.
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Already Believe Seeking Truth
Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don’t expect it to be easy or even noticed.
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Easy Expect Goodness Heart Noticed Representative
At first it seems as if begoing follows becoming. But look even closer and you will see that there are only flashes of lightning illuminating the empty sky.
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Becoming Begging Closer First Flashes Follow Journey Seem Sky
You are an incredible mystery that you will never figure out. To be this mystery consciously is the greatest joy.
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Consciously Figure Greatest Incredible Joy Mystery
Truth is not over there, wherever over there is. Truth is neither housed in religious rituals nor secret doctrines, nor in a guru’s touch or beatific smile, nor in exotic locations or ancient temples.
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Doctrine Housed Religious Secret Truth View
True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer.
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Direction Goal Meditation Prayer Pure Silent Surrender Wordless
This world is not my concern; it is myself.
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Concern Myself World
You are not your story. They are not your story about them. The world is not your story about the world.
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Stories Story Them World
If you want to know something, go elsewhere. If you want to un-know everything, then sit and listen.
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Attachment Consciousness Elsewhere Listen Sit Something Want
Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering.
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Anger Angry Confused Resist Sad Sadness
If you think that people should be nice to one another, then by all means be nice. But when you project that belief onto the people and the world around you as if it were an objective reality, or worse still.
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Another Belief Job Mean Nice One Project Think
With this love you can feel the walls of opposition come down naturally in the acknowledgement of deep connection. Not only do the walls of opposition fall, but love is felt for every human being and for life itself.
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Acknowledgement Connection Deep Love Naturally Opposition
Awakening to the truth is a deep realization of what you are as an experience. What is it that is listening? What is it that is feeling? Feel it. Sense it. Welcome it.
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Awakening Deep Experience Feeling Listening Truth
Spirituality does not require that you work hard toward achieving a result in the future as much as it requires you to be fully present.
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Achieving Future Go Hard Honesty Letting Require Spirituality Work
You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.
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Enlightenment Happening Mistake Now Primary Right Thinking

One Zen master said, The whole universe is my true personality. This is a very wonderful saying… If you want to see what you truly are, open the window, and everything you see is in fact the expression of your inner reality. Can you embrace all of it?

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One Zen master said, The whole universe is my true personality. This is a very wonderful saying… If you want to see what you truly are, open the window, and everything you see is in fact the expression of your inner reality. Can you embrace all of it?

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