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.
AJAHN BRAHMThe 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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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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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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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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How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. .
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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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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