Jason
@jasonslibrary
Jason
@jasonslibrary
Actions taken in support of dharma change the self. The act of commitment itself calls forth an unseen dharma power.
If you don’t find your work in the world and throw yourself wholeheartedly into it, you will inevitably make your self your work.
Reminds me of how we often slow down before we reach the finish line in anticipation of finishing, and in doing so, finish short or make a mistake. “Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop after you’ve finished”
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to know the world is the chiefest delight in life.
The whole world is inside each person, each being, each object. To know any part of the world deeply, intimately, is to know the whole.
Merton says it is: “We cannot master everything, taste everything, understand everything, drain every experience to its last dregs. But if we have the courage to let almost everything else go, we will probably be able to retain the one thing necessary for us—whatever it may be. If we are too eager to have everything, we will almost certainly miss
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