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**Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu
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**Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose youself in the future.
The Past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is
in the very here and now,
the practitioner dwells
in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows
how to dwell in mindfulness
night and day
'one who knows
the better way to live alone.'adopted from the BHADDEKARATTA SUTTA,
translated by Thich Nhat Hanh
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**I pray for all of us, oppressor and friend, that together we may succeed in building a better world through human understanding and love, and that in doing so we may reduce the pain and suffering of all sentient beings.~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from his Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, December 1989********************************************************
******Spirituality is completely ordinary. Though we may speak of it as extraordinary, it is the most ordinary thing of all. Spirituality is simply a means of arousing one’s spirit, of developing a kind of spiritedness. Through that we begin to have greater contact with reality. If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can BE so vividly and brilliantly. - Lama Surya Das
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.~ Bertrand Russell*****************************************************
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let the beauty we love be what we do
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having a blast...dancing again, and it's been an absolute gift...I never expected it to make an impact again in my life, it shaped me from the beginning, who knew it could redirect me once again when I needed it?...there is nothing like the absolute joy of movement and blending with the music and energy of the moment...it has truly been the shift I needed to take me further on my path of discovery of truth...I've been the master at masking my passions and integrating into the regular world...I will be the master at unmasking them, even if I need to relearn the integration part...thanks to all who have been and will be part of the journey.
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**With the realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. According to my experience, self-confidence is very important. That sort of confidence is not a blind one; it is an awareness of one's own potential. On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities and reducing negative qualities.~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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**freedom comes when you don’t believe the stories of your mind
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