A meditative state is pure perception: not being conceptual about the here-and-now. That’s what most zen discipline is about: not past-tripping, not future-tripping, and not being conceptual in the here-and-now. — Stephen Gaskin
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More Wise Sayings
Wise saying. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. — Henry David Thoreau
Wise saying. I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. — Henry David Thoreau
Wise saying. The person who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life which is impossible to the pure egoist. —Bertrand Russell
Wise saying. Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. — Michel de Montaigne
Wise saying. When people are being unjustly oppressed they should not let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression. — Malcolm X
Wise saying. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise saying. Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. — Buddha
Wise saying. It is difficult not to write satire. — Juvenal
Wise saying. If you possessed the rarest of elements, the most precious gem, how would you treat it? And what if you knew it was you? Never again, until the end of time, will God see through your eyes. I invite you to come to terms with this truth and live accordingly. — Shahar Rabi
Wise saying. You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. — Alan Watts
