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A wise path

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Do your work, then step back

The only path to serenity

Lao Tzu

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Where we often neglect

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And God said, Love your enemy,

and  I obeyed Him

and loved myself.

Kahlil Gibran

In the present

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The past is not clinging to you; you are clinging to the past.

Once you are not clinging, the past simply evaporates

Osho

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Practicing, not talking

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We often prefer talking about something, rather than actually doing it, and the mind continually produces good ways of running away from the present moment:

Speech is born out of longing, true description from the real taste

The one who tastes,  knows,

The one who explains,  lies

Rābiʿah al-Baṣrī, c 713 – 801 AD, Sufi poet and mystic

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Ideas of perfection

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When we seek happiness through accumulation, either outside of ourselves – from other people, relationships, or material goods – or from our own self-development, we are missing the essential point. In either case we are trying to find completion. But according to Buddhism, such a strategy is doomed. Completion comes not from adding another piece to ourselves but from surrendering our ideas of perfection.

Mark Epstein, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart

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A simple practice

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Tibetan monks frequently practice a moment of mindfulness each and every time they walk through a door. Sometimes they do this by remembering to recite a certain verse or mantra as they do so. Try this yourself for a day. Every time you walk through a door, pause, take a moment, breathe in and out. Bring yourself back to the moment. Then cross the threshold and walk on.

      Lama Surya Das, Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch

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