On The Road To Hallelujah
This world is full of conflicts
and full of things that cannot be reconciled.
But there are moments
when we can reconcile
and embrace the whole mess,
and that’s what I mean by ‘Hallelujah.’
~Leonard Cohen
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… It is not this death that must be feared, but the loss of the soul, which is ignorance of God. This is indeed disaster for the soul.
— St. Anthony of the Desert
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Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.
~ Nisargadatta
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The supreme sign of a great practitioner is not that he sprouts a halo, has extraordinarily auspicious dreams, experiences bliss continuously, or can foresee our miserable futures.
The supreme sign is that he no longer has any interest in material gain, fame, the respect of others, or being the centre of attention.
~Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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