In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut … - Rachel Naomi Remen

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The Bible was the only book Jesus ever quoted, and then never as a basis for discussion but to decide the point at issue.

Rachel Naomi Remen

In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut the impermanence which is our greatest strength, our most fundamental identity. Without impermanence, there is no process. The nature of life is change. All hope is based on process.

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