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If I had a prayer, it would be this: 'God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.'
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Arguing with reality is like trying to teach a cat to bark-hopeless.
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When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be thinner.' Those are stories. When there's no story, there's no suffering.
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Forgiveness is realizing that what you thought happened, didn’t.
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I could find only three kinds of business in the world-mine, yours, and God’s. Whose business are you in?
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You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.
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I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.
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Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already have it-that you are it.
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I’m a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.
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You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood.
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Thoughts aren’t personal. They just appear, like raindrops. Would you argue with a raindrop?
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We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.
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I haven't had a single thought for 26 years. I have only understanding. It's somewhat complicated to understand that. I've hardly ever spoken about it. You're in a state of total peace of mind. A kind of nirvana.
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When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
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We do only three things in life: we sit, we stand, we lie horizontal. The rest is just a story.
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The miracle of love comes to us in the presence of the uninterpreted moment.
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What is is. You don’t get a vote. Haven’t you noticed?
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Ultimately, I am all I can know.
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I don’t let go of concepts-I question them. Then they let go of me.
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The teacher you need is the person you’re living with.
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