consolation

 

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The tiny particles which form the vast universe are not tiny at all.
Neither is the vast universe vast. 

These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife,
always chipping away at the Tao,
trying to render it graspable and manageable. 

But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and 
that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. 

There is, however, this consolation:
She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her 
fingertips.


—Lao Tzu
Hua Hu Ching

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There is no insurmountable solitude. 

All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are.

And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song — but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny.


—Pablo Neruda

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Cannot you see clearly that everything that appears to happen happens in consciousness? 

It is all imaginary, a temporary hallucination. 

Don’t be led astray, none of it reflects your true state.

—Nisargadatta

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the wings

Fumihiko Hirai

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