The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
— Thich Nhat Hanh (born 11 October 1926)
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Archive of posts tagged peace
Miracle
Your primary responsibility is to take care of yourself
If you want to lead a peaceful life, here is the rule of thumb: Never care about things you can’t control, and take complete responsibility over things you can control.
Things you can’t control: the past, the unseen future, and the way others behave.
Things you can control: what you think, what you speak, what you do [...]
Sense pleasures or the bliss of peace?
Weigh in the balance of your wisdom, the sense-pleasures on one side and the bliss of peace on the other. Whatever you determine to be the truth, seek that.
— Yoga Vasishta (tr. by Sw. Venkatesananda, p. 146)
Questioner: How would you cope with an incurable disease?
Krishnamurti: Most of us do not understand ourselves, our various tensions [...]
J. Krishnamurti on fanaticism
To identify oneself with a particular race, with a particular country or with certain ideologies yields security, satisfaction and flattering self-importance. This worship of the part, instead of the whole, cultivates antagonism, conflict and confusion.
— J. Krishnamurti, 4 June 1944.
Do not let us be clouded by words, names or labels which only bring confusion as [...]
