Week 1 discussion 2 edu 352

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Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind is motionless abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind is motionless as wood or stone, will you be on the right road as wood or stone, will you be on the right road

It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the oceanIt is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feetWalk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with itforward with it

Only the hand that erases can write the true thingOnly the hand that erases can write the true thing

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for funMan suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun

Letting go is always the lesson. Much of our agony is tied up with Letting go is always the lesson. Much of our agony is tied up with craving and losscraving and loss

Liberation is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for Liberation is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may comewhatever may come

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains, is the Zen you bring up thereThe only Zen you find on the tops of mountains, is the Zen you bring up there

To be humble is not to make To be humble is not to make comparisons. Secure in its reality, the comparisons. Secure in its reality, the self is neither better nor worse, bigger self is neither better nor worse, bigger nor smaller, than anything else in the nor smaller, than anything else in the universeuniverse

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