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What the warrior renounces is anything in his experience that is a barrier between himself and others. In other words, renunciation is…
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Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce.…
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The way of cowardice is to embed ourselves in a cocoon, in which we perpetuate our habitual patterns. When we are constantly…
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Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and…
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In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence…
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Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks…
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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is…
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The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all…
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Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that…
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Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation…
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For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we don't look…
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Wakefulness is the only saintliness there is, and sleepiness, unconsciousness, is the only sin there is; all other sins are born out…
— Rajneesh
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Awake asleep ought to be with us - So he may see dreams in wakefulness.
— Rumi
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Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically awake. Nothing counts, unless we are awake. No enjoyments last, no successes satisfy, no…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he…
— Gautama Buddha
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The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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Though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and will eventually startle us back to…
— Rumi
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the…
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
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I entered the water as naked as when my mother bore me. When I first touched the cold water I felt a…
— Tayeb Salih
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The ocean sleeps. The ocean wakes. And the waking of the ocean is the waking of the soul. At midnight wakefulness springs…
— Wasif Ali Wasif
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Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers…
— Anthony de Mello
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We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few…
— Plotinus
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Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign…
— Mark Nepo
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