“In thinking about miracles, I believe that our frame of reference has been too dramatic. We have been looking for the burning bush, the parting of the sea, the bellowing voice from heaven. Instead we should be looking at the ordinary day-to-day events in our lives."
“The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.” [Acceptance of a path with no end "ends" the journey that seeks a final goody. The end of the path loops back to the beginning like a mobius strip. The is no "other side".]
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"As long as you have a supply of it, heroin will never let you down; if it’s there, it will always make you happy. But if you expect another person to make you happy, you’ll be endlessly disappointed."
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[Turning to drugs or some other non-human form of cope is a way of "Losing self" by giving up on self because one gives up on Other and self is considered just another kind of Other.]
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"many people are capable of “loving” only pets and incapable of genuinely loving other human beings. Large numbers of American soldiers had idyllic marriages to “war brides”. But when their brides learned English, the marriages began to fall apart."
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[keeping part of self mute or disabled in some way is also a method of maintaining the "loving relationship" with self]
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