Compassion hurts. When you feel
connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you
cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must
either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong
enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with
its worst horrors. - Andrew Boyd
Make no mistake about it –
enlightenment is a ‘destructive process’. It has nothing to do with becoming
better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It’s
seeing through the façade of pretense. It’s the complete eradication of
everything we imagined to be true. - Adyashanti
Since there is no way we can
succeed in our spiritual practice while our mind is tense and unhappy, we
should always practice in moderation, allowing our mind to remain joyful and
relaxed. Then our mediation will work, our mind will become clearer, and our
memory will improve. - Geshe Kelsang
Gyatso
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