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== Short Quotes == | == Short Quotes == | ||
| − | + | "The crown of thorns that you wear ... represents your attempt at fulfillment in the world." | |
| − | <ref>[ | + | <ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Step 96</ref> |
| − | Great effort is exerted in building things that can fall apart in a moment, things that have no stability or permanence. | + | "Great effort is exerted in building things that can fall apart in a moment, things that have no stability or permanence." |
| − | <ref>''[[Steps Continuation Training | + | <ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training'', Step 3</ref> |
| − | Some people can walk away from a relationship, but they are so bound to their ideas, their beliefs or their assumptions that they are not free to leave them. This is what it means to wear a crown of thorns. This is when the mind is a crown of thorns. You wear it, but it torments you. It seems to give you a kingly title, but in fact it is a harness of misery. It seems to elevate you and give you stature in the world, but in fact it cuts you and hurts you, binds you and mocks you. | + | "Some people can walk away from a relationship, but they are so bound to their ideas, their beliefs or their assumptions that they are not free to leave them. This is what it means to wear a crown of thorns. This is when the mind is a crown of thorns. You wear it, but it torments you. It seems to give you a kingly title, but in fact it is a harness of misery. It seems to elevate you and give you stature in the world, but in fact it cuts you and hurts you, binds you and mocks you." |
| − | <ref> | + | <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]''] chap. 14</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 04:08, 22 December 2011
Short Quotes
"The crown of thorns that you wear ... represents your attempt at fulfillment in the world." [1]
"Great effort is exerted in building things that can fall apart in a moment, things that have no stability or permanence." [2]
"Some people can walk away from a relationship, but they are so bound to their ideas, their beliefs or their assumptions that they are not free to leave them. This is what it means to wear a crown of thorns. This is when the mind is a crown of thorns. You wear it, but it torments you. It seems to give you a kingly title, but in fact it is a harness of misery. It seems to elevate you and give you stature in the world, but in fact it cuts you and hurts you, binds you and mocks you." [3]
References
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 96
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 3
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality] chap. 14