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Meditation is the practice of dying. We die to all that we have known and all that we thought was real. We put down our identities, and we allow ourselves to be swept into the unknown.
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The truth about healing is that not everyone wants to heal. The truth about healing is that not everyone is ready.
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The great miracle is that we don’t lose the ones we love.
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While it is true that meditative practices can liberate us from the worries and negative patterns of the mind, it is also true that the mind can be a powerful tool. The mind can serve us on our awakening path when we are its master.
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Over the years, I have equated my sweaty hands with being a total weirdo. With being a loser, or a freak.
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You are a human being! Hooray! To be alive in human form means there is a great chance that, in a single lifetime, a dramatic shift can occur. A quantum leap.
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Even if the outward conditions of your life seem to be crashing down around you—you are still alive, you are still breathing, and you still have blessings to count.
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Love is what we seek. It is the new religion of our age: the glue that binds us, the spark that motivates us, the path that propels us forward.
