What an absurd amount of ...

What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things \'really are\', when all the time they weren\'t.
What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things 'really are', when all the time they weren't.
 Hugh Prather

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An "I know what I like" mentality is hard to shake, but of course appreciation has space for being challenged.
 Ryan Gander
SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.
 Gozo Shioda
The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.
The Warrior lives a life full of adventure, living on the edge of opportunity. Life on the edge keeps him in a space of heightened awareness and totally in the moment; therefore no matter what comes his way he is always prepared.
 James Arthur Ray
Seeing energy as it flows is an imperious need on the path of knowledge. Ultimately, all the effort of sorcerers is guided to that end. It is not enough for a warrior to know that the universe is energy; he has to verify it for himself.

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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
 Hugh Prather
Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that we avoid unhappiness. All forms of misery are heralded by a frame of mind that must become immediately recognizable if we are ever to gain mastery in happiness...Take the time to look in your heart and be clear. Walk through life being clear. Practice doing each thing in peace.
 Hugh Prather
Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.
 Hugh Prather
It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.
 Hugh Prather
Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency.
 Hugh Prather