It’s funny how we thrive in the shadow of disaster.
‘You’ve created a Frankenstein’s monster of other people’s personalities, haven’t you?’ She outed the reader.
Acknowledge.
– case 249, Responding to a Wayfarer on the Road
They always find a way to gulag someone. They always find a way to silence any opposition.
Am I the only one who loves all these earthquakes?
Tragedy makes me stronger. There’s no getting around that.
‘It’s coming!’ He spoke of his great mistake.
As the candle throws a circular light and our necks receive a circular head that blooms on our necks, we’re still bathed in the circular light.
And so, my friends, we are happier together; stuck together.
Probe your memories and you’ll see it’s true that we are happy little magnets.
Those who seek it never find it. Those who create it are it.
Creation, the process and result as an entity superseding that which is stamped through form.
She was flexible in her heart and overcame all of the immobile challenges that she encountered.
– The Leader
She was honour bound to her family first and herself. Honour grows empires if heldfast to.
Hey Fengyang,
I must do what?
– case 255, Ten Realizations, Same Reality
There’s some payment for everything whether it’s obvious or not.
Please pay me in silence, in your good company.
Now I realize that whatever I happen to be at the time is not what I want to be.
– on the dualistic nature of desire
Discretion is an invisible force that wields more power than any visible force.
You aren’t anything. You’re only what you’re attracted to.
What’s your default? Mine’s ‘conflicted’.
‘Are you empty of all things old man?’
His muse filled him up.
If you keep an honesty and an innocence the universe will float you along. They’ll keep you above the water as they’ve lightened you.
– enlightened you
Do you ever wonder what they were thinking about when they spoke of realms beyond our areas of observations?
Areas beyond our senses?
Scholars and monks are different.
– case 259, Baiyun’s ‘Still Lacking’
A good person can harness good even from evil. They can create with energy as a potter can with clay.
Some forms of ego cause trauma.
Sorry, I stared into your abyss and I wasn’t even invited.
Please don’t stare back.
People’s ability to understand it should never be a hindrance to your art. Create and those kindred souls will love you.
Speech habits aren’t speech habits, they’re thought habits.
Whatever you consume should come from a holy place.
She got cozy in the memory of loving experiences.
It really is attachment that makes you miserable every single time.
There is some great habit in putting something aside because it’s too much fun.
What would a true Buddhist want in anything?
How can you justify desire this time?
Any true art is beyond criticism. If it’s a true creation we have nothing to compare it against as it’s the first. If it’s comparable to true art it’s not true art.
A paper-thin grip on authority is much worse for all involved than none at all.
The way your mind works is an experiential work of art.
Association of place is another driving factor in natural selection.