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Shame is Anti-life
Zen says to lead with the female instead of the male. The passive/active. First surrender and then act with authority and confidence. The Western world has it reversed. Lead with the male. Shoot first, and then ask questions.
— Ed Conley
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When my religious friends tell me only Christians can be saved, I ask them why on earth would anyone want to go to that heaven? If heaven does not have scientists, heretics and rock and roll, it would not be heaven to me anyway.
I will not spend eternity in a gated community…
— Jim Rigby
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…right now we are surrounded by misleaders in politics and religion who exploit those fears to maintain control. That’s the far-right agenda in a nutshell.
I want to keep leaning into life until I can’t. I want to live each moment as if there will be another and another, even though I know full-well they won’t go on forever. Each of us gets one wild and precious life…
— Parker J. Palmer
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If you don’t know yourself, what help can you be to another? …If you know yourself, you will help the world. This is the only help you can give to others…You can’t give this message until you have it yourself.
