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“Life is not suffering; it’s just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind’s attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.”
“‘Mind’ is an illusory reflection of cerebral fidgeting.
It is the same with all your emotions. They’re your kneejerk responses to thoughts you can’t control. Your thoughts are like wild monkeys stung by a scorpion.”
It is obvious then that your mind, not other people or your surroundings, is the source of your moods.
Old urges continue to arise, but urges do not matter; only actions do. A warrior is as a warrior does.
From now on, whenever your attention begins to drift off to other times and places, I want you to snap back. Remember, the time is now and the place is here.”
You cannot attain happiness; it attains you — but only after you surrender everything else.”
— you do have a terminal illness: It’s called birth. You don’t have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason — or you never will be at all.”
