As the Arab proverb says,
“The nature of rain is the same,
but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens”
Anthony de Mello, Awareness.
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Category: Make the most of life
Let life come…
Try not to resist the changes that come your way.
Instead let life live through you.
And do not worry that your life is turning upside down.
How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?
Rumi
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Sunday Quote: A time for waiting
Patience and letting time stretch out achieve more than forcing and passion
(Patience et longueur de temps font plus que force ni que rage)
Jean de La Fontaine, Le Lion et le Rat
Wanting more
So, how can we achieve inner contentment? There are two methods. One method is to obtain everything that we want and desire – all the money, houses, and cars; the perfect mate; and the perfect body. The Dalai Lama has already pointed out the disadvantage of this approach; if our wants and desires remain unchecked, sooner or later we will run up against something that we want but can’t have. The second, and more reliable, method is not to have what we want but rather to want and appreciate what we have.
The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
photo of Black Friday 2013 by powhusku
Always pushing or pulling
If you wish to see the truth
then hold no opinions for or against anything.
Comparing what you like against what you dislike
is the disease of the mind.
Seng-T’san, Third Zen Patriarch, The Hsin Hsin Ming
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Enemies
We encounter a lot of “enemies” each day – queues, bad weather, deadlines, meetings that don’t go according to plan, traffic slowing us down when we are in a hurry, people who disagree with us, events we do not like. We instinctively try to avoid, grumble about them and turn them into enemies, with us quickly feeling like victims. This quote reminds us that a lot of our dissatisfaction is self-created, a lot of stress caused by our own minds.
When an enemy arises in your life, even though you may kill it,
another will simply arise,
because all arisings are simply a manifestation of your own state of consciousness
Kalu Rinpoche
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