“The art of a hunter is to become inaccessible,” he said. “In the case of that blond girl it would’ve meant that you had to become a hunter and meet her sparingly. Not the way you did. You stayed with her day after day, until the only feeling that remained was boredom. True?”

I did not answer. I felt I did not have to. He was right.

“To be inaccessible means that you touch the world around you sparingly. You don’t eat five quail; you eat one. You don’t damage the plants just to make a barbecue pit. You don’t expose yourself to the power of the wind unless it is mandatory. You don’t use and squeeze people until they have shriveled to nothing, especially the people you love.”

don Juan Matus - from JOURNEY TO IXTLAN - THE LESSONS OF DON JUAN by Carlos Castaneda


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Chapter 1

I walk down the street and theres a deep hole in the sidewalk, I fall in, I am lost, I am helpless, It isnt my fault, It takes me forever to find my way out.

Chapter 2

I walk down the same street and theres a deep hole in the sidewalk, I pretend i dont see it. I fall in again, I can’t believe that I’m in the same place but it isn’t my fault. It takes a long time to find a way out.

Chapter 3

I walk down the same street and theres a deep hole in the sidewalk, I see that it is there, I still fall in, it’s a habit, My eyes are open, I know its my fault. I get out immediately

Chapter 4

I walk down the same street and theres a deep hole in the sidewalk, I walk around it.

Chapter 5

I walk down another street.

Autobiography by Porsche Nelson


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Originally Posted By larmoyante

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.

Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via larmoyante)

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Originally Posted By heartmindawakening

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go.

Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever (via nirvikalpa)

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Originally Posted By zorascreation

God, The Universe, Spirit, Amma, Higher Consciousness (whatever you want to call it) is not going to let someone come into your life and just take from you. You will also take something away from the experience. Sometimes, what you take away is wisdom. So never again consider yourself as having been used. You are surrounded by Love, and there is a gift in every experience.

AE Pierre-Louis

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Originally Posted By illuminatedbeing

Aware of the suffering created by attachment to views and wrong perceptions, we are determined to avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. We shall learn and practice nonattachment from views in order to be open to others’ insights and experiences. We are aware that the knowledge we presently possess is not changeless, absolute truth. Truth is found in life, and we will observe life within and around us in every moment, ready to learn throughout our lives.

Thich Nhat Hanh (via illuminatedbeing)


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The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person — without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other.

Osho


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love is a verb
and love
is an acceptance
of all things
love in action
is a reflection
of inner satisfaction
giving birth
to a gift
for another
with no
expectations
of getting
it back

planting a small
seed bares
large fruit
into the future

you may
never see the
same tree
but the forest
is all around you

open your
heart to the
world and the
world opens
its heart
to you



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You attract situations into your life to learn from them. One way out and up is by responding with love. As you do so, every situation will change in its nature and character. By practicing, you can learn to broadcast love for longer and longer periods of time. Practice everywhere you go. Send love to the earth. Send love to everyone you meet. See if you can notice something beautiful about them.

Orin (via oceanofmind)


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