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“The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.”

Book:Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

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Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

The book delves into the practice of mindfulness, providing insights on how to cultivate peace and presence in everyday activities. It is aimed at individuals looking to enhance their mental and emotional well-being through the application of mindfulness principles. more

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Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese-French monk, writer, and peace activist. Born on October 11, 1926, he is a prominent figure in the Zen Buddhist tradition, known for his simple yet profound teachings and advocacy for peace. more

“The very desire to seek spiritual enlightenment is in fact nothing but the grasping tendency of the ego itself, and thus the very search for enlightenment prevents it. The 'perfect practice' is therefore not to search for enlightenment but to inquire into the motive for seeking itself. You obviously seek in order to avoid the present, and yet the present alone holds the answer: to seek forever is to miss the point forever. You always already are enlightened Spirit, and therefore to seek Spirit is simply to deny Spirit.”

“First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.”

World Firsts Community Mindfulness Our Family Our Community

Author:Laozi

“One must be truly able to say I in order to know the mystery of the Thou in its whole truth.”

Knows Whole Able Order Mystery Mindfulness Insight Whole Truth

Book:Between Man and Man

Source: Between Man and Man

“Not only does the psyche exist, but it is existence itself. It is an almost absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be physical...We might well say, on the contrary, that physical existence is a mere inference, since we know of matter only in so far as we perceive psychic images mediated by the senses.”

Knows Wells Doe Matter Might Existence Mindfulness Prejudice Mere Contrary Senses Absurd Perceive Psychics Inference

Author:Carl Jung

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