A group needs enemies, because without enemies its identity cannot continue to be defined.
The essence of every form is the deathless. Even the essence of a blade of grass is the deathless. And that's why the world of form is sacred.
Stress is a form of suffering. Look at your body and see what stress does to the body and its functions - what it does to the heart, the circulation, the immune system, the digestive function, the liver.
If you accept that a relationship is here to make you conscious instead of happy, then the relationship will offer you salvation, and you will be aligning yourself with the higher consciousness that wants to be born into this world.
Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness
Music is a wonderful way of getting in touch with the stillness within.
Don't get stuck on the level of words. A word is no more than a means to an end. It's an abstraction. Not unlike a signpost, it points beyond itself
So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.
As each human being is an integral part of the collective human consciousness, they affect the world much more deeply than is visible on the surface of their lives.
When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of life itself.
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