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So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”

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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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Care Hurt Yourself
Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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Appearance Investigation Life Perfection Reveal Story Understand
How do I know it was meant to happen this way? Because it did.
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Known Myself
Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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Blame Person Suffering Yourself
When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
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Discover Excitement Happiness Need
Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
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Fear Reason Thinking Yourself
Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
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Argument Past Suffering
We say to others only what we need to hear.
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Hear Need Talk
You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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Believe Conditional Goodness People Teaching
Reality is always kinder than your thinking.
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Kindness Reality Thinking Yourself
When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.
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Argument Lose Reality Time Yourself
The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
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Immerse Suffering True Way
The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
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Beautiful Open Reality
Until you can love what is – everything, including the apparent violence and craziness – you’re separate from the world, and you’ll see it as dangerous and frightening.
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Dangerous Fear Love Separate Violence
We begin to not be human, as we’ve known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we’re confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.
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Beginning Creativity Environment Human Mindset Mirror Ourselves
Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realization.
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Feeling Moments Pain Realize Stress Suffering Uncomfortable

So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”

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So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”

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