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Mysteries of The Heart
“It’s very important to recognize that it’s not other people who are annoying.
It’s our mind which reacts to people doing what we don’t want and feeling upset about it.
We don’t have to feel upset.
That’s up to us.”
~Tenzin Palmo
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I was very young when someone called me “Sinner” I got curious because in our language there no such word so I decided to ask my grandfather about it, he said; there is no such thing, our consciousness does not recognize this kind of words because it was made to manipulate and put guilt in our hearts, there are no sins. What we have is choices and sometimes we make mistakes.
— Gianni Crow
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Once love matures, it becomes ecological. The sufferings of animals and strangers are no longer irrelevant. One can now feel one’s connection to the whole. As one reads about war, one no longer focuses on the manufactured grievances being used as excuses. Instead, one’s head is filled with images of terrified people huddling in the rubble as death rains from the sky.
Universal love looks at life from every angle.
As much as personal love is praised in this culture, just as much is universal love hated. The love of those who see…
