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“I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect.”

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J. Lynn

J. Lynn, born on June 11, 1980, is a talented novelist known for her delicate emotional portrayal and captivating storytelling. Her works have won the hearts of readers with their intricate emotional descriptions and engaging plots. more

“Every bit of you has been replaced many times over... The point is that you are like a cloud: something that persists over long periods, whilst simultaneously being in flux. Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made.”

Long Has Beens Made Matter Together Stuff Bits Periods Flow Clouds Be You Replaced Persist Flux

Author:Steve Grand

“Mastery, on the other hand, is being present with what is occurring, staying with it from beginning to end.”

Ends Hands Staying Mastery

Book:Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power

Source: Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power

“Paradoxically, the more I learned to let go of my own wishes and desires (in this case, the desire not to be hit), the more they became possible.”

Desire Wish My Own Cases Learning Letting Go

Book:Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power

Source: Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power

“Your perception of the world around you is not necessarily the same as what is actually occurring.”

World Perception Perception Of The World

Book:Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power

Source: Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power

“Just make sure your children hate authority and they'll do fine.”

Children Hate Fine Authority Our Children Your Children

Author:John Waters

“The first undeniable reality is that every living thing dies, and the second undeniable reality is that we suffer throughout our lives because we don't understand death. The truth derived from these two points is the importance of clarifying the matter of birth and death. The third undeniable reality is that all of the thoughts and feelings that arise in my head simply arise haphazardly, by chance. And the conclusion we can derive from that is not to hold on to all that comes up in our head. That is what we are doing when we sit zazen.”

Source: Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice

“Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it means to put our energy into settling everything in our world here and now, where we really live.”

World Mean Life Is Energy Practice Our Lives Right Now Sitting Settling Our World Here And Now

Author:Kosho Uchiyama

“Your true self is beyond either relying on others or avoiding them in order to know who you are.”

Knows Self Order Who You Are Avoiding True Self

Author:Kosho Uchiyama

“When we let go of all our notions about things, everything becomes really true.”

Letting Go Notion Really True

Book:Opening the Hand of Thought: Approach to Zen

Source: Opening the Hand of Thought: Approach to Zen

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