"What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear." Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed."
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"What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear." Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed."
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"There are no edges to my loving now."
"My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless."
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"We are tasting the taste of eternity this minute."
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"Whatever purifies you is the correct road."
"In love’s country, language doesn’t have its place. Love is mute."
"The soul which cannot endure fire and smoke won't find the Secret."
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"The radiant one in me has never said a word."
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"This is enough was always true. We just haven't seen it."
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