Rohr Wiseraker
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Rohr Wiseraker
Worthwhile goals take time and effort.
Unenlightened existence (samsara) as simply the state in which one’s attention becomes ‘trapped’ as it grasps from one thing to another, always looking for the next thing to latch on to. Nirvana is simply a free and open attention that is completely liberated from such fixations.
Live in the now
Accept Karma
Become patient
Patience is being free of
love and hate,
joy and grief,
anger, anxiety, fear
... See more"Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms.
For every force there is a counterforce.
Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
The Master does his job and then stops.
He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes ag
FWIW - Our "Age of Illusion" has morphed into an "Era of Gingerbread Men."
Current behavior suggests no one believes they will ever be held accountable for their actions.
“There is no question that an American withdrawal from global trade – the gradual closure of the world’s largest consumer market and largest capital market – would impose significant costs at first on the rest of the world and eventually on the United States itself. If the United States retreats from its traditional role without agreeing on a new s... See more
“Guessing about whether Jinping cares more about ‘ideology/security’ or ‘development’ is a distraction from the basic point that the Party has always cared about both, even though the pursuit of two such goals simultaneously inevitably creates tensions” (p. 543).