Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAArtistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
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There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are extremely close. When we are really, truly fools, when we actually acknowledge our foolishness, then we are way ahead. We are not even in the process of becoming wise – we are already wise.
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I am alone and my spiritual journey is my experience.’ This is the real experience of freedom and independence. Then we begin to see that being alone is a very beautiful thing. Nobody is obstructing our vision. We have complete panoramic vision.
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The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, so that one never withdraws or centralizes into oneself.
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Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no authentic Tantra without profound commitment, discipline, courage, and a sense of wild, foolhardy, fearless abandon.
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
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Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
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When you relate to thoughts obsessively, you are actually feeding them because thoughts need your attention to survive. Once you begin to pay attention to them and categorize them, then they become very powerful.
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Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
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Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.
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That combination of love affair and loneliness is what enables the warrior to constantly reach out to help others. By renouncing his private world, the warrior discovers a greater universe and a fuller and fuller broken heart. This is not something to feel bad about; it is a cause for rejoicing.
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The discovery of magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim the goodness and dignity of human life, without either hesitation or arrogance. Then magic can descend onto our existence.
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Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.
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A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don’t appreciate themselves.
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The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
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