My morning view
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A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty
years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar,
mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you,"
said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?" "Nothing,"
replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I
can remember." "Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger. "No," said the beggar.
"What's the point? There's nothing in there." "Have a look inside," insisted the
stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief,
and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.
Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the
radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are
beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for
scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they
have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely
greater than anything the world can offer.
The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some super-human
accomplishment...but it is simply your
natural state... I love the Buddha's simple definition of enlightenment as "the
end of suffering." There is nothing superhuman in that, is there? Of course, as
a definition, it is incomplete. It only tells you what enlightenment is not: no
suffering. But what's left when there is no more suffering? written by Eckhart Tolle
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I'm a flip flop kind of girl-
living in a flip flop kind of world
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“Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.” E. Tolle
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“Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive;
inner peace does not.” E.Tolle
"Life is perfect just as it as"
