What draws me closer to you?
Or am I afraid to get too close?
What allows me to enjoy your being?
Or do I believe that I cannot afford such luxury?
Or that there are others more deserving of my time and attention?
Or that I cannot possibly enjoy your being when it is so different to my being, my [...]
I am the 12 year old girl, refugee on a small boat
who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea pirate
and I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and loving.
Thich Nhat Hanh from http://desertrosepress.com/Detailed/35.html
The truth of our interconnectedness or interbeing, as the Buddhist monk, scholar, poet and peace [...]
The external world, the world of your senses points you to the truth, ultimate truth. The entire world is a metaphor for fundamental reality. If you mistake this metaphor for truth, you are likely to become disillusioned, for sooner or later, you will realize its conditioned, impermanent and capricious nature. Or rather, [...]
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