> But I wanted to be free from it so much that I chose to carry on trying to rid myself of it. It was not until many years later that I was able to see that if I were truly free from self-centredness, I would not want to be.
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I then loop the results back through again to hopefully increase creativity and reduce it possibly just regurgitating or rewording quotes (increasing temperature & penalties as well)
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> Most people who think they are preoccupied by the question of life's meaning are actually trying to construct an image of themselves as unique individuals in an attempt to prove their significance. But it doesn't work. It only makes them feel more insecure.
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> They set out to acquire knowledge and skill in order to use the mind in some way that will make their lives worth living but in so doing simply reinforce the ego's need to see itself as a masterful self-determining entity capable of exercising free will all the time.
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> I think that the whole purpose of enlightenment is to cure us of our need for gurus. An yet people don't want to hear this teaching! All they ever want to hear is what they should do next in their spiritual development! Imagine a baby crying for its mother all the time!
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> A spiritual teacher is someone who gives you nothing but destroys all your possessions. He makes you aware of the miseries and the sufferings from which you are trying to escape, and he reveals to you that those states cannot be avoided by any means. He gives you no hope at all
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