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Flowers of Freethought

This book is a compilation of various essays and works that delve into the concepts of intellectual liberty and the right to express one's thoughts without constraint. more

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George William Foote
George William Foote

George William Foote, born on January 11, 1850, and died on October 17, 1915. His career and category are unknown, and his life details are limited. more

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“Many spiritual seekers who say their wish is to awaken don't actually want what they believe they do. This becomes clear sometimes at the approach to the brink of what feels like a void, where the obliteration of the egoic self seems imminent. With a shocked recognition of what is being asked, the person will recoil. The scale of the loss-the dissolution of the familiar self-is beyond what was bargained for.”

“Dismantling the ego, quieting the mind, isn't something you can actively undertake to do. It just happens on its own, when you consciously accept the moment you are in, when you don't fight the present reality with thoughts of how you'd like it to be otherwise, or what you're afraid the next moment might bring, when you don't resist with justification or regret or blame of self or other.”