“Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days’ worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.”
Ryokan
“The fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don’t believe that the wisdom of their own mind is the sage . . . the sutras say, “Mind is the teaching.” But people of no understanding don’t believe in their own mind or that by understanding this teaching they can become a sage. They prefer to look for distant knowledge and long for things in space, buddha-images, light, incense, and colors. They fall prey to falsehood and lose their minds to insanity.”
Bodhidharma
“To live is enough“
Shunryu Suzuki
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
C.G. Jung
“I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.”
Xunzi
“From below, is the struggle, there is the pain. But no more suffering. Burdened by predicaments, as I know that I always will be fighting. But for now is to remain in the dark, unafraid.”
(Dualism and it’s balance, equality and stillness of mind through pain and struggle. This is not collectivism, traditionalism and theocratic ritual which opposes the individual. As it’s expectations that the whole maybe part of the individual is a fallacy. Rebellion, within nihilism is the ability to overcome the adversary. It is a fight that must be faced alone.)
“Do you believe that a politicized and factionalist dogma of equality can been found in theocratic and conservative ritual? It is no less a delusion and a costly one.”
“We’ve got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world.”
Daphne du Maurier
“When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness. What benefit can be derived from distinctions and separations?”
Sengcan, Hsin Hsin Ming
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“Would you like to save the world from the degradation and destruction it seems destined for? Then step away from shallow mass movements and quietly go to work on your own self-awareness. If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu
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