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> [Every time you have a big blast-out experience you think that's the ultimate-everything, and of course it isn't, although you can get hints. The key however, is not to take those hint experiences to be the ultimate experience. There always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/every-time-you-have-a-big-blast-out-experience-you-think-that-s-the/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

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> [The problem has to be answered by means of art, because you can't blast them with bliss. Tat freaks them out even more. So instead, you have to have an artful way of approaching them. You do a dance for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/the-problem-has-to-be-answered-by-means-of-art-because-you-can-t/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

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## Other authors on Blast

## More by Robert Thurman

> [Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/whether-or-not-enlightenment-is-a-plausible-goal-for-us-is-a-vital/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [You're more responsible ethically for being there with your interconnection to the world, but the you now is an always changing one, and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/you-re-more-responsible-ethically-for-being-there-with-your/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [However, because of your interconnectedness with all things, other beings still have a problem, and when you realize that you have no absolute self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/however-because-of-your-interconnectedness-with-all-things-other/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [If you love your enemy, that means you want your enemy to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/if-you-love-your-enemy-that-means-you-want-your-enemy-to-be-happy/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [In Buddhist ideology, the conventional self is that which is constructed in a way by the use of the pronoun, and when you realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/in-buddhist-ideology-the-conventional-self-is-that-which-is/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/to-become-enlightened-is-not-just-to-slip-into-some-disconnected/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [I think about the trends at the moment in the planet and how it looks for my grandchildren. I don't panic over it, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/i-think-about-the-trends-at-the-moment-in-the-planet-and-how-it-looks/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/to-finish-building-the-free-society-dreamed-of-by-washington-franklin/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [Hate poisons your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/hate-poisons-your-life/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [A possession can't make you happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/a-possession-can-t-make-you-happy/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [People in Tibet have an expression. When you reach a certain degree of venerableness and age, and people ask, "How are you?," there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/people-in-tibet-have-an-expression-when-you-reach-a-certain-degree-of/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [“Anger spoils relationships where there should be great reciprocity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/anger-spoils-relationships-where-there-should-be-great-reciprocity/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [It isn't the meaning of love where you somehow desire that one or you want them or want them to love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/it-isn-t-the-meaning-of-love-where-you-somehow-desire-that-one-or-you/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the greatest teachers of our time. He reaches from the heights of insight down to the deepest places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/thich-nhat-hanh-is-one-of-the-greatest-teachers-of-our-time-he/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [I'd like to say is that we shouldn't have an idea that the goal of spiritual practice is to annihilate ones ego, that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/i-d-like-to-say-is-that-we-shouldn-t-have-an-idea-that-the-goal-of/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

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