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1 " Follow the trace of timeuntil the startcollapses with the endin the space of the heart. "
― Ivan M. Granger
2 " To really meet the mystery,we must be uncertain. "
3 " When in doubt, favor compassionover certainty or tradition. "
4 " Suffering is always an invitationto awarenessand compassionand action. "
5 " Through youthe world learnsto recognize itself— as heaven. "
6 " Love has no opposite.Hate, fear, are not love’s opposites;they are its denial. "
7 " The real youis much too big to be your own. "
8 " When we don’t practice gratitude,the world around us seems alien and unwelcoming,and we shut down in self-protection.Gratitude opens us to reality. "
9 " Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry induces trance. Its words are chant. Its rhythms drumbeats. Its images become the icons of the inner eye. Poetry is more than a description of the sacred experience; it carries the experience itself. "
10 " The parched know --real thirstdraws rainwaterfrom an empty sky. "
11 " Each day, each momentis a step into the unknown.How can we feel anythingbut amazement? "
12 " Let that charged spacespark inside you and flash. "
13 " Even your sufferingis not your suffering.It all belongs to the onewho lives through you. "
14 " To find its perfectionthe soul must revealits imperfections. "
15 " There is an inner perfectionthe same for everyone.The psyche may go through the motions,but it’s journey is done. "
16 " In this divine game of hide-and-seekstop pretendingthere is any place to hide. "
17 " Once you have gathered enough silence,silence gathers you. "
18 " Outwardly, determined effort is necessary.But within, nothing is neededexcept to yield. "
19 " Religion that does not inspireoutward compassion and inward awakeningis not religion. "
20 " Regardless of belief or faith,everyone is agnosticuntil gnosis. "
