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Religion has nothing to do with churches and temples and rituals: religion is born only when somebody pulsates with love. Each individual has to give birth to a religion -- and unless you have given birth to a religion in you, you are not religious. You cannot join an organization and become religious, remember -- religion is not an organization to belong to. To be religious you have to give birth to religion in your innermost core, in your very core: when religion is born THERE, only then are you religious. Not by becoming a Christian but by becoming a Christ, not by becoming a Buddhist but by becoming a Buddha, religion is born...Osho

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Albert Einstein

"Feeling is the language that speaks to the Divine Matrix (the Universe). Feel as though your goal is accomplished and your prayer is already answered.
- Greg Braden

"You are not alone there, because all the time there are numberless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas surrounding you, everywhere loving you, guiding you, that is what they do."

~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche~

"A bird does not sing because has an answer. It sings because it has a song."

Chinese Proverb 1831-1881

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"In a nutshell: What you don't want, stop doing it to other people. What you want for yourself, give to someone else first. The Diamond Cutter economy is the only system that works. In this system, if you want to be healthy & young, you need to help sick people. If you want to find a nice partner, go to a nursing home, you need to help lonely people. If you want to succeed in business, you have to find a karmic business partner & help them succeed. If you want to be wealthy you need to help poor people. Poor and lonely people are going to be very popular after this talk! The cause (mental seed you plant in the field of your mind) is small but it always grows. Then you must help the world. That will make you happy. Then your world will change." ~ Geshe Michael

An American Indian elder described his own inner struggles this way: "Inside of me there two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time." When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most."

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Native Wisdom

"Only After the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find that
money cannot be eaten."

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"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect."
Chief Seattle