It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that
Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all
Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.
Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.
A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is being alive. Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete. Therefore, one may say without being presumptuous that the experience of experiences is being alive.
When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone, because he has heard the silent whisper of the spirit; then you can say that, truly, he has died. From that point on, even the simplest things in life become extraordinary for him.
It don't mean nothing til you sign it on the dotted line.
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The reality is that I feel that fear is a very spiritual emotion.