O, friend! Nobody veils you, but yourself.

In your path there is no thorn or weed, but yourself. 

You asked: shall I reach the Beloved or not?

Between you and the Beloved there is nobody, but yourself. 

A. Kermani

Come back to the present moment, do not allow the future to occupy all our energy and time. That is a very important principle from Buddhism. To come back is not easy, because we have the habit energy of running towards the future. Stopping that momentum, coming back to each step, to each breath — that is the basic practice. By living each moment of daily life, living in a way that is deep and free, we can be in touch with the wonders of life.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Your longing for me is my message to you. 

All your attempts to reach me, are in reality my attempts to reach you…  

Rumi

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Your entire universe is in your mind and nowhere else. 

To expand the universe, expand your mind.

Deepak Chopra

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If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Buddha

You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind. It is not a thing that crawls into the sun for warmth or digs holes into darkness for safety, but a thing free - a spirit that envelops the earth and moves in the ether. God has created your spirits with wings to fly in the spacious firmament of Love and Freedom. How pitiful to lop off your wings with your own hands, and suffer your spirit to crawl.

Khalil Gibran

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Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.This is the simple, daunting truth that has been staring back at me 

from the eyes of countless seekers over the years.  "I really want 

to get enlightened," they insist.  "But are YOU ready to CHANGE 

now?" I ask.  "What?" is the inevitable response—surprised and 

even slightly stunned.  And I repeat, "Are YOU ready to CHANGE 

now?"  What follows is always a strange and surreal moment of 

ambiguity, confusion, and backpedaling. 

"But I thought you wanted to get enlightened... "

Andrew Cohen

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Our True Heritage

The cosmos is filled with precious gems.

I want to offer a handful of them to you this morning.

Each moment you are alive is a gem,

shining through and containing earth and sky,

water and clouds.

It needs you to breathe gently

for the miracles to be displayed.

Suddenly you hear the birds singing,

the pines chanting,

see the flowers blooming,

the blue sky,

the white clouds,

the smile and the marvelous look

of your beloved.

You, the richest person on Earth,

who have been going around begging for a living,

stop being the destitute child.

Come back and claim your heritage.

We should enjoy our happiness

and offer it to everyone.

Cherish this very moment.

Let go of the stream of distress

and embrace life fully in your arms.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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For ages you have come and gone

courting this delusion.

For ages you have run from the pain

and forfeited the ecstasy.

So come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

Although you appear in earthly form

Your essence is pure Consciousness.

You are the fearless guardian

of Divine Light.

So come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

When you lose all sense of self

the bonds of a thousand chains will vanish.

Lose yourself completely,

Return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

Rumi

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Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. 

They're in each other all along.

Rumi

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