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"The crown of thorns that you wear ... represents your attempt at fulfillment in the world." | "The crown of thorns that you wear ... represents your attempt at fulfillment in the world." | ||
<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Step 96</ref> | <ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Step 96</ref> | ||
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"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 to Knowledge]] Continuation Training'', Step 3</ref> | <ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training'', Step 3</ref> | ||
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"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." | ||
Revision as of 21:40, 2 January 2012
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