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Paradoxically, taking risks actually increases our safety and comfort. Sudden danger lurks everywhere—losing our jobs, being struck by a car, contracting a mortal illness. A cowering, protective approach to life doesn’t reduce the peril. It only serves to make us slaves to fear and victims of constant anxiety.
The Rock Warrior's Way
Arno Ilgner
The monk shook his head. “There’s not a word for it—not a modern one, anyway. The histories call it atma. ‘Self’ might be the best translation. The ak’hanath is tracking your sense of self.” Kaden stared. “That,” Pyrre said, raising an eyebrow, “is by turns fascinating, implausible, and horribly inconvenient.”
The Emperor's Blades
Brian Staveley
If you are a pattern for the world, the Tao will be strong inside you and there will be nothing you can’t do. Know the personal, yet keep to the impersonal: accept the world as it is. If you accept the world, the Tao will be luminous inside you and you will return to your primal self.
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