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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

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When we are present, life is also present.
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There is a paradise of form and colors in the world. And because you have eyes still in good condition, you can get in touch with the paradise. So when I become aware of my eyes, I touch one of the conditions of happiness. And when I touch it, happiness comes.
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In English we say 'we are' but it's proper to say 'we are becoming' because things are becoming.
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To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.
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Tolerance and tranquility are two characteristics of true love.
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May all beings learn how to nourish themselves with joy each day.
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Life is available only in the present moment.
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What we most need to do is to hear within us the sound of the Earth crying.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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The moment you wake up, right away, you can smile... You are aware that a new day is beginning, that life is offering you twenty-four brand new hours to live, and that that's the most precious of gifts.
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In modern society most of us don't want to be in touch with ourselves we want to be in touch with other things like religion, sports, politics, a book - we want to forget ourselves. Anytime we have leisure, we want to invite something else to enter us, opening ourselves to the television and telling the television to come and colonize us.
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When we have anger in us, we suffer. When we have discrimination in us, we suffer. When we have the complex of superiority, we suffer. When we have the complex of inferiority, we suffer also. So when we are capable of transforming these negative things in us, we are free and happiness is possible.
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It's like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have lotus flowers. Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.
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Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality.
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At the moment of waking up, before getting out of bed, get in touch with your breath
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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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Each time you take a mindful step you are back in the arms of Mother Earth and are reminded of your true sweet home in the here and now.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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