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Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And when you do, you'll be free at last.
Dan Millman
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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Daniel Jay Millman
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As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water. Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes to this: Just do it. How much simpler can we get?
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Freedom from mental distraction equals power.
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A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, Attention. Yes, thank you, the student replied. But can you tell me the second most important element?And the roshi replied, Attention.
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A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does
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Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.
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The world's a puzzle no need to make sense out of it. - Socrates
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Nature and training (in any sport or art) can teach us all the spiritual laws I describe in another book, The Laws of Spirit. But now I'm happy to share these four purposes of life that lend meaning and direction to anyone's life, especially those in transition, going through changes.
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Conscious evolution begins as we take responsibility for clearing our own obstructions.
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Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.
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When you lose your mind, you'll come to your senses.
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Unless the desire to change remains strong, body and mind tend to return to old, familiar patterns. It takes time-from three to six months-for old habits to become obsolete. By the end of that time, you'll have adapted to a new pattern. In a sense, you'll have found a new way of life.
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A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don't worry so much about what you can't do just do what you can as only you can do it.
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Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not.
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You are rich if you have enough money to satisfy all your desires. So there are two ways to be rich: you earn, inherit, borrow, beg, or steal enough money to meet all your desires or you cultivate a simple lifestyle of few desires that way you always have enough money.
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If you don't get what you want, you suffer if you get what you don't want, you suffer even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever.
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My parents, like others of The Greatest Generation who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, wanted to provide the best possible life for their children. My mother and father both attended college but dropped out to earn a living during the Depression, working the rest of their lives at blue-collar work.
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Carry your groceries, garden, and do other activities that keep you moving. You will add more years to your life and more life to your years.
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Life is not suffering it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.
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The light will disturb us when we're comfortable, and comfort us when we're disturbed. We turn to spirit for help when our foundations are shaking only to find out that it is spirit who is shaking them!
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The only laws are paradox, humor and change.
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