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Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience ...more

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Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some say they admired...more

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As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. … That is why people are alwa...more

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The world is right because I feel good.p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990

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Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.

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These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, reli...more

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People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.

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Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happ...more

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The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas. If you're ready to listen and if you're ready to be challenged, there's one t...more

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As one man said, "I got a pretty good education. It took me years to get over it." That's what spirituality is all about, you know: unlearning. Unlear...more

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We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause - for what they call success. Those are words that do no...more

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Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.