Sunday 15 October 2017

Mere Respite - OR - Self-Transcendence?

     “I believe that love that is true and real, creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving or not loving well, which is the same thing. And then the man who is brave and true looks death squarely in the face, like some rhino-hunters I know or Belmonte, who is truly brave... It is because they love with sufficient passion, to push death out of their minds ... until it returns, as it does, to all men ... and then you must make really good love again. Think about it.”
     Ernest Hemingway's character, in the 2011 movie "Midnight in Paris."


     “With right view we are aware of what is happening in the present moment. We are experiencing nature happening. There is no body, no person.”

     Sayadaw U Tejaniya. “Where Awareness Becomes Natural. A Guide to Cultivating Mindfulness in Daily Life.” Shambhala, 2016.


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