"Stillness is the only thing in this world that has no form. But then, it is not really a thing, and it is not of this world."
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"All you can do is create a space for transformation to happen, for grace and love to enter."
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"The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place."
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"Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry"
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"As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve."
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"Strictly speaking, "you" cannot become enlightened, because who you take yourself to be is like a ripple in the ocean of consciousness - or a little wave if you're a VIP - and the ripple doesn't become enlightened until it realizes that its ripple-identity is ultimately a misperception, that it is the ocean taking on a fleeting ripple-form."
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"The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything."
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"Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much."
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"Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success."
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"As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it."
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"The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for. Everybody's life really consists of small things. Greatness is a mental abstraction and a favorite fantasy of the ego. The paradox is that the foundation for greatness is the honoring of small things of the present moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness."
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"Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour."
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"Don't get stuck on the level of words. A word is no more than a means to an end. It's an abstraction. Not unlike a signpost, it points beyond itself"
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"People can't live with themselves much longer. The planet cannot live with humans much longer! We have the weaponry, destruction of the planet, pollution, destruction of forests, countless manifestations of humans using their intelligence in the service of the dysfunction, the madness. It's a strange juxtaposition. Humans are intelligent, but if you look at history or even watch TV, they're also incredibly stupid."
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"The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life."
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"So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord."
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"Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle that they need to overcome or get away from. With awareness, an inner sense of spaciousness arises that enables you to look at your own mind, which is to say the human mind, with a certain degree of detachment."
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"Nothing that was real ever died, only names, forms, and illusions."
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"Thought alone cannot recognize spiritual truths no matter how highly developed thought is. It's impossible."
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"Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of self that is conditioned by the past."
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