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The motions of the average mind, say the Hindus, are about as orderly as those of a crazed monkey cavorting in its cage. Nay, more; like the prancings of a drunk, crazed monkey. Even so we have not conveyed its restlessness; the mind is like a drunken crazed monkey who has been stung by a wasp. What if the mind could be turned from a ping-pong ball into a lump of dough, which when thrown sticks to a all until deliberately removed? Would not..
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In samadhi, the mind continues to think, but of no thing. This does not mean that it is thinking of nothing, that it is a total blank. It has perfected the paradox of seeing the invisible. It is filled with that which is "separated from all qualities, neither this nor that, without form, without a name."
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We are limited in joy, knowledge, and being, the three things people really want.
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The creative quietude of philosophical Taoism means to align one's daily life to the Tao, to ride its boundless tide and delight in its flow...and to perfect a life of wu wei- pure effectiveness and creative quietude (supreme activity and supreme relaxation.) We are nurtured by a force that is infinitely subtle, infinitely intricate; it is a consummate gracefulness born from an abundant vitality that has no need for abruptness or violence. ..
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The sheer immensity of the human self as envisioned by the world's religions is awesome.
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Sex is the divine in its most available epiphany.
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Confucius saw the human self as a node, not an entity.
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We are a blend of dust and divinity.
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