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A Wealth of Presences in A Serene Explosion
The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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WE MUST ALL FACE THE FACT THAT OUR LEADERS ARE CERTIFABLY INSANE OR WORSE.
— William S. Burroughs
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To secure our own happiness and causes of happiness, we must first act to create wholesome causes of happiness. We must create virtue. We must engage in good conduct. We must generate wholesome attitudes. These are important.
— 17th Karmapa
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Space is not static, but is instead a serene explosion of expanding creativity, filling all the eons of pasts and futures, without exhausting its openness or its capacity for exhibiting a further wealth of presences.
~Tarthang Tulku
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It’s a bit shocking when we first realize that humanity is caught in more than one lie, lies that we were taught as children as if they were God’s truth. It’s work to question our own fealty to those lies. It sounds simple when someone says ‘don’t take part’ but if we don’t we can get pushed to the margins of our society or even our family. I admire those brave souls who ask hard questions even if friends and lovers abandon…
