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You Belong to The Universe
A seed contains in itself more strength and power than the plant
will realize and in you there is a latent spirit potential much
greater than you will ever suspect. If you want to free it,
remove doubt, distrust, concern.
~ Rudolf Steiner, from “Vision of Love”
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You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all your experience to the highest advantage of others.
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it’s always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.”
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
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People often ask me do Lamas have attachments?
I don’t know how other Lamas might answer this, but I must say yes. I recognize that my students, my family, my country…
