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We are the universe in miniature
The human body is the best portrayal of the universe in miniature. Whatever does not exist in the human body cannot be found in the universe, and whatever exists in the universe can be found in the human body.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Completeness
A thing is complete
When you can let it be.
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The foundation of health
He who regards his intellectual knowledge as ignorance has deep insight.
He who overrates his inellectual achievement as definite truth is deeply sick.
Only when one is sick of this sickness can one cease to be sick.
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Delusion and enlightenment
When you are deluded, you are used by your body.
When you are enlightened, you use your body.
Zen proverb.
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Love and beauty
In as much as love grows in you,
So in you beauty grows.
For love is the beauty of the soul.
St. Augustine
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Watch your thoughts!
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.
Watch your actions, they become your habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
We become what we think about.
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Understanding
If you misunderstand your mind, you are an ordinary mortal;
if you understand your mind, you are a sage.
Jakushitsu
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The Perfect Way
The Perfect Way is only difficult for those
who pick and choose;
Do not like, do not dislike;
all will then be clear.
From "Treatise on Faith in the Mind"
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Changes
Life is a series
of natural and spontaneous
changes.
Don't resist them-
that only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward
in whatever way
they like.
Lao Tse
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Joy
"If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind,
joy follows him as his own shadow."
Buddha.
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Sorrow
She who has not looked on sorrow,
Will never see joy.
Buddha
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The Flower of Love
Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms
Without the aid of the seasons.
Kahlil Gibran
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The Mimic
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
Kahlil Gibran
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Desires
When desires go. joy comes.
The follower of Buddha finds this truth.
Buddha
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Creating a safe harbour.
Through perseverence, vigilance and self-restraint, a wise person creates a safe harbour for herself that no storm can overwhelm.
Buddha
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Happiness
Happiness comes to those who trust in it.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib.
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Illness and misfortune
Illnesses enter by the mouth.
Misfortunes come out of the mouth.
Traditional Chinese Proverb
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Right here, right now.
Make the present moment into the most wonderful moment of your life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Interconnectedness.
Remember the interconnectedness of everything-it is the doorway to an experience of pure magic.
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Meditation.
Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquility; nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is simply the creation of a space in which we are able to expose and undo our neurotic games, our self-deceptions, our hidden hopes and fears.
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