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Thank You For Existing
The only journey is the one within.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
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In ancient Greece there were reportedly seven great sages who left pithy sayings to guide seekers of wisdom. The reports about these seven wise ones and the lists of their seven wise sayings disagree wildly, but one of the most popular nominees to begin that legendary list is, “Know Thyself.”
When we look at the superstitious and predatory forms of religion attempting to seize this land, it is important to understand how human thinking goes astray. In a nutshell, it seems to me that, almost by definition, Fundamentalists do not know themselves.
— Jim Rigby
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“They will call you “crazy” because you are,
because you were born with the gift of seeing
things in a different way.
And that scares them.
They’ll call you “intense” because you are,
because you were born with well-worn value
to allow you to feel everything fully.
And it intimidates them.
They will call you selfish because that’s how you are,
