"well, that's just your opinion, man"
A version of "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man," from The Big Lebowski. Exhibits a posture that can be helpful in preserving psychic boundaries.
Quotes
"Picture life exactly as you'd like it to be..."
"...then let go of all the blocks to it being that way." Priority request: Doc said this at the start of one lecture right after saying "nothing is causing anything" (which he always said). It surprised me when he said it because it sounds very law of attraction-y to me.
Quote by Epictetus...
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
"There is only life, there is no one who has a life"
Priority request: Quote by Nisargadatta Maharaj, came up as a follow up to: “There is no individual soul.“
"Love brings up that which is not love to be healed"
Request: One of my favorite quotes from Dr. Hawkins
"Mistakes are the natural, impersonal consequence of learning and development and therefore unavoidable"
Request: Dr. Hawkins statement from TLC in the chapter on guilt.
Tony Robbins on change...
"Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change." Priority request.
“Disregard every self-seeking motive as soon as it is seen..."
"...and you need not search for truth; truth will find you” -- Nisargadatta Maharaj.
"The world is the theatrical stage for the comedy of the absurd"
Hawkins, from Reality, Subjectivity & Modern Man, 2008. Post includes an article with a spiritual practice at 595.
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try."
Attributed to Beverly Sills. By request.
"The magic you're looking for is in the work you're avoiding"
Request: Not magic as magical... I would assume in the meaning of the beauty and the wonders of life you expect are things that you would access if you go [beyond] your own limits?
"The seer is also part of the mirage" - Maharaj
"[T]he entire manifestation is of the nature of a dream, or a mirage, but you interpret the rest of the manifestation as being a mirage and won't let go of the seer of the phenomenon. The seer is also part of the mirage." - Prior to Consciousness, pg. 114. Priority request.
"The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion"
Request: Quote by Alan Watts.
"God is still writing your story, stop trying to take the pen"
Priority request: Saw this on a T shirt and liked it.
"Let me assure you again that the Buddha dwells not in light..."
From Huangbo on the Transmission of Mind, translated by John Blofeld.