"It's interesting that stepping out of thought was actually triggered by a thought."
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"Once the awakening happens, with it comes the realization that suffering is unnecessary now. You have reached the end of suffering because you have transcended the world. It is the place that is free of suffering. This seems to be everybody's path. Perhaps it is not everybody's path in this lifetime, but it seems to be a universal path. Even without a spiritual teaching or a spiritual teacher, I believe that everybody would get there eventually. But that could take time."
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"Stress is a form of suffering. Look at your body and see what stress does to the body and its functions - what it does to the heart, the circulation, the immune system, the digestive function, the liver."
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"A huge number of people are going through the process of awakening, some in the early stages, some in later stages, and it's wonderful to see."
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"Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness"
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"The characters get challenged. Through getting challenged, the character arrives at insights or discovers potentials that he or she didn't know they had."
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"The ego is just waiting to identify with anything. Whether it's your misery or being a great meditator, it seeks some identification."
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"A practice can be helpful, but didn't the Buddha compare it to a raft, suggesting it be abandoned when you reach the other shore?"
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"Whenever you meet anybody, it is a holy encounter. The primary event is the energy field of presence between you and the other human being that arises. You enjoy it. There is deep joy in the meeting."
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"At the height of creative activity fueled by enthusiasm, there will be enormous intensity and energy behind what you do. You will feel like an arrow that is moving toward the target-and enjoying the journey."
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"You cannot have a desire to surrender because that's non-surrender. Surrender arises spontaneously sometimes in people who don't even have a word for it. And I know that openness is there in many people."
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"Things are both getting better and getting worse. The madness is accelerating but an acceleration of the new consciousness is also coming in. However, this latter development is less apparent when you listen to the media. The media still mostly reflects what is happening in the sphere of the old consciousness."
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"Loss of meaning is often part of the suffering that comes with physical loss, but it can also happen to people who have gained everything the world has to offer - who have made it in the eyes of the world - and suddenly find that their success or possessions are empty and unfulfilling."
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"In the world of form, everything changes and evolves. So, there was a certain evolution of the teaching. Different pointers came in, different stories, different approaches to the truth, which always is the same."
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"You can marry the Buddha, and after a few months you will find on the human form the Buddha, too, has his limitations. There may be things that the mind reacts to and irritates you about the Buddha. "Why is he sitting over there in meditation?""
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"Challenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action."
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"The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is."
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"True happiness is not related to external conditions but comes from the unconditioned."
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"A teacher or teaching is not essential for spiritual awakening, but they save time."
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"Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment."
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