At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all.
Jay MichaelsonTags: buddhism religion meditation dharma
Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you’re the only weirdo weird enough to be wasting your time in this way. But you’re not! There are generations of weirdos, monasteries full of them, and we have the benefit of their accumulated wisdom.
Jay MichaelsonTags: buddhism religion meditation dharma
It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a directly apprehended reality.
Jay MichaelsonTags: buddhism religion meditation dharma
What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow.
Jay MichaelsonTags: buddhism religion meditation dharma
Rituals are like electrically powered transmitters sending stimulating sparks of electric current or inspirational feelings that connect us to our inner being or soul.
Wes AdamsonTags: religion rituals ceremony religion-philosophy ceremonials
-But where are you going to, Helen? Can you see? Do you know?
-I believe; I have faith: I am going to God.
-Where is God? What is God?
-My maker and yours, who will never destroy what He created. I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness: I count the hours till that eventful one arrives which shall restore me to Him, reveal Him to me.
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How could any woman endure a life of misery with such a cheap promise of appreciation after her death?
Carolyn JessopTo the narcissistic sociopath, a sexual experience is not about sex; it's about having complete control over his victims. They satisfy their sick compulsions by preying on vulnerable victims who they feel can most easily be manipulated and are least likely to expose their crimes. Warren needed the FLDS even more than the rebel religion needed a leader. His specialized psychosis was dependent on a unique religious hook that just would not work in the general population. In the outside world, he would never have been able to convince anyone to take him seriously. But with the FLDS predilection for blind religious obedience and submission to authority, he had the willing, captive audience that he needed, like a scientist needs labs rats.
Sam BrowerI believe that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior when it comes to religious fanaticism.
Sam BrowerLennon had a good point when he said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, the Beatles have a longer Wikipedia page.
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