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@@ -43000,4 +43000,82 @@ but the other dancers looked askance,
 and asked "can this chick actually dance?",
 shania wasn't so much dancin' as berzerkin'!
   -- fred t. hamster
+~
+    All art is composed of subtle and gross elements.  There is no way for
+artists to express without elements.  When people use expressions such as hot-
+headed, cold-hearted, dry-humored, or all wet, it shows that they naturally
+connect subtle element temperaments with gross element expressions.  But
+artists must go beyond outwardly expressing the elements in an obvious way in
+order to gain experience with the inner subtle elements, which are the source
+of the outer gross elements.  Then they can make art which reflects what
+people need.
+    According to the Buddhist point of view, an artist’s intention is
+compassion.  Buddhist artists create in order to make a link with other beings
+through their inner pure elements, and to transform their outer ordinary gross
+elements into enlightenment by means of that connection.   
+  --  Thinley Norbu, from "Magic Dance: The Display of the Self-Nature of the
+      Five Wisdom Dakinis", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+Never admit defeat.  Just move the front.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+down came eddy from his heady,
+where he dwells often unsteady,
+you see he gets so high,
+mind expanded to sky;
+real world grokking just not ready.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+    Generally speaking, when we are too desirous of something in life, we’re
+less likely to attain it.  Success seems to increase in direct proportion to
+the diminution of our desires.  The same logic applies to our need for
+recognition.  We might want to be appreciated and respected, but we have only
+a limited ability to influence how other people respond and we can’t make
+somebody show us gratitude any more than we can force someone to love us.  If
+we show love without expecting it to be reciprocated, we will have more chance
+of finding love than if we simply yearn for it.  Likewise, doing something
+without expecting gratitude is more likely to elicit appreciation for what we
+do.  Whether someone can acknowledge our actions or not should be no concern
+of ours.
+    We simply commit ourselves to doing things to the best of our ability and
+in as thorough a manner as possible without sloppiness.  We should never think
+that other people are indebted to us or obligated to help us in return.  We
+should simply do things because we love doing them, not because we want other
+people to feel indebted to us.  Shantideva says:
+
+        The work of bringing benefit to beings
+        Will not, then, make me proud and self-admiring.
+        The happiness of others is itself my satisfaction;
+        I do not expect another recompense.
+
+  -- Traleg Kyabgon, from "The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion
+     through Training the Mind", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava says:
+
+        If you want to go sightseeing, try touring your own clear,
+        mirrorlike mind instead.
+
+    What technique can we use to effectively start our journey to realizing
+our natural, pristine state?
+    The clearest instructions for doing this come from Guru Rinpoche
+Padmasambhava, the main architect of the Pristine Mind teachings.  Guru
+Rinpoche has given us the essential opening instructions for practicing
+Pristine Mind meditation in four steps:
+
+         Don’t follow the past.
+         Don’t anticipate the future.
+         Remain in the present moment.
+         Leave your mind alone.
+
+    We must understand these instructions.  They are designed to help us stay
+in the present moment.  Some other forms of meditation teachings say that
+remaining in the present moment is the ultimate objective of meditation.
+However, the present moment itself is not ultimate reality, ultimate truth, or
+the ultimate goal of Pristine Mind meditation.  Nor is it what I mean when I
+refer to our fundamental nature.  Instead, being in the present moment, with
+our mind calm and relaxed, simply creates the right conditions to begin to
+connect with our Pristine Mind.
+  --Excerpted from "Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional
+    Happiness", by Orgyen Chowang, published by Shambhala Publications