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The identification that occurs in our dreams at night is a good analogy for what tends to happen to us in our daily lives. By constantly identifying with things around us we eventually develop a convincing case that we are in fact one solid, separate entity, with a central, clearly defined personal self.
Three Dangerous Magi
P. T. Mistlberger
Here’s a passage from the Samadhiraja Sutra, a Buddhist text that’s about nineteen centuries old: Know all things to be like this: A mirage, a cloud castle, A dream, an apparition, Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen.
Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright
HEART LIKE A RIVER If you pour a handful of salt into a cup of water, the water becomes undrinkable. But if you pour the salt into a river, people can continue to draw the water to cook, wash, and drink. The river is immense, and it has the capacity to receive, embrace, and transform. When our hearts are small, our understanding and compassion are limited, and we suffer. We can’t accept or tolerate others and their shortcomings, and we demand that they change. But when our hearts expand, these same things don’t make us suffer anymore. We have a lot of understanding and compassion and can embrace others. We accept others as they are, and then they have a chance to transform. So the big question is: how do we help our hearts to grow?
How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh and Jason DeAntonis
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