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The Delight of Angels
The delight of the wisdom of angels is to communicate to others what they know.
–Emanuel Swedenborg
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Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called “mad” and are shut up in rooms where they stare at walls all day. Others are called “writers” and they do pretty much the same thing.
— Ray Bradbury
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This is the central meditation instruction in dzogchen; we are sitting and we are open, all kind of things are arising, sensation in the body, noises from outside and so on, don’t grasp at them and build on them with more thoughts, don’t ignore them and blank them out, don’t merge into them, just stay present as they arise and pass, as if you are a mirror, many experiences arise as if reflections within you. Remember the reflection is in the mirror, our experience is very intimate but it’s not us. The reflection is not the mirror. The reflection is the showing of the clarity or the potential of the mirror
- James Low
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The on-the-spot practice of being fully present, feeling your heart, and greeting the next moment with an open mind can be done at any time: when you wake up in the morning, before a difficult conversation, whenever fear or discomfort arises. This practice is a beautiful…
