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Historically, Rites of Passage were used to mark and give meaning to a person’s transition from one status to another. The transition we’re marking is the shift from dependency to autonomy, from reliant child to responsible adult. In the transition ritual, sacred wisdom was passed on by a tribal elder.
Barbara Stanny • Sacred Success: A Course in Financial Miracles
WABI SABI is in many ways like the bittersweet taste of the last strawberry in this old Zen tale. It is an expression of the beauty that lies in the brief transition between the coming and going of life, both the joy and melancholy that make up our lot as humans.
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying: A Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West
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life is like getting into a boat that’s just about to sail out to sea and sink.
Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
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“The Japanese American Zen master Shunryu Suzuki
said, “Life is like getting on a small boat that is about to sail
out to sea and sink.’”