When one gives completely, there is no one left to watch what is being given, and no one to appreciate how generous one is being. This is called “giving the...
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Giving the Giver
May 19, 2011
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An Indestructible State of Being
May 16, 2011
When we fly in an airplane above the clouds, we realize that the sun is always shining even when it is cloudy and rainy below. In the same way, when...
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Fundamental Optimism
May 13, 2011
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. In the beginning, you act like a warrior, and then you actually...
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Not Reducing Creativity to Monetary Terms
May 10, 2011
People’s creativity is very much alive, but when they get paid for their creativity, they often experience that as rather meaningless. Money as the reward for their creative...
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Helping the World to Reform
May 6, 2011
As practitioners of meditation, we have to work with the karmic situation of America (or wherever we live) to start with. A certain reformation can take place by natural force—not...
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