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Post by Shirleypal » 08-01-2008 09:12 AM

Live not a low life; remember and forget not; follow not wrong ideas; sink not into the world.


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Post by Jon-Marcus » 08-01-2008 06:06 PM

"I have a dream..."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"You have forgotten the face of your father." Roland Deschain

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Post by lazarus long » 08-02-2008 03:01 AM

Jon-Marcus wrote: "I have a dream..."
Martin Luther King Jr.


HEY, NO FAIR!!!
mlk is not from the east. :D ;)
great quote though.

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-02-2008 09:11 AM

This thread is "Daily Wisdom" and Eastern Thought......Jon post is fine, any quote that makes us think is good.

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-02-2008 09:11 AM

Look into the sphere of birthless mind!
Let dawn the enjoyment of ceaseless play!
When free of hope and fear--that's the result.
Why speak of birth and death?
Come to the natural, unmodified state!

Drinking the Mountain Stream: Songs of Tibet's Beloved Saint, Milarepa

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Post by lazarus long » 08-02-2008 03:44 PM

Shirleypal wrote: This thread is "Daily Wisdom" and Eastern Thought......Jon post is fine, any quote that makes us think is good.

i put the smilies in (as much as i hate smilies) to show that i was really just joking with jm. why are you taking yourself so seriously?
in keeping with the thread:

"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there."
--Robert M. Pirsig

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-02-2008 07:46 PM

Affirmation:
With each breath I strive to connect to my Higher Self and the
awareness of the Divine

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-03-2008 09:53 AM

Meditation is running into reality. It does not insulate you from the pain of life. It allows you to delve so deeply into life and all its aspects that you pierce the pain barrier and go beyond suffering.

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-03-2008 09:54 AM

Jon-Marcus good to see you post in this thread, hope to see some more from you.

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-03-2008 09:55 AM

"People usually fail when they are on the verge of success. So give as much care to the end as to the beginning."
Lao-Tzu

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-04-2008 09:10 AM

"Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure."

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-05-2008 09:11 AM

Materialistic knowledge can only provide a type of happiness that is dependent upon physical conditions. It cannot provide happiness that springs from inner development.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-08-2008 09:29 AM

How boundless and free is the sky of Awareness!
How bright the full moon of wisdom!
Truly, is anything missing now?
Nirvana is right here, before our eyes; this very place is the Lotus Land; this very body, the Buddha.


Hakuin Zenji

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-09-2008 09:46 AM

If the eye never sleeps, all dreams will naturally cease. If the mind makes no discriminations, the ten thousand things are as they are, of single essence. To understand the mystery of this One essence is to be released from all entanglements. When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-essence is reached. No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state.


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Post by calamity jane » 08-10-2008 03:10 AM

'...the deeper the Self-realization of a man (or woman) the more s/he experiences the whole Universe by his/her subtle Spiritual vibrations, and the less they themselves are affected by the phenomenal flux.'

Jivanmukti Sri Yukteswar

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