X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=database%2Ffortunes.dat;h=0611e03bfac622f6d08fc9c9715bcf835d2c09a8;hb=8f3329faed1743f0952b079c5245430fe46769e7;hp=4429341d875e68d3ca07de5cbcc3ee040723afd4;hpb=df246b47db4e235b5c9ae13ec3071f63ff2ec720;p=feisty_meow.git diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 4429341d..0611e03b 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -37856,3 +37856,73 @@ intoxication takes over again, and they pass out once more. bam. hence, the head repeatedly banging into the table: a groundhog daze. i have seen this happen. it's not fun to watch. well, maybe a little. --fred t. hamster +~ + We are the source of healing and happiness. Our generosity and concern +pacify every negative situation. As we send out kindness, we grow accustomed +to being strong and kind. In this way, our positive feelings are constantly +renewed and can never be exhausted. + Perhaps you know the story about the man who arrived in heaven and when +asked by God where he wanted to go replied that he wanted to see both heaven +and hell. First, he went to hell. There was a large table with all the +inhabitants of hell sitting around it. The center of the table was full of +delicious food. Each person had two very long chopsticks. They could reach +the food but they could not get it into their mouths because their chopsticks +were too long. They were miserable. No one was eating and everyone went +hungry. Next he was taken to visit heaven. All the inhabitants of heaven +were also sitting around a big table full of delicious food but they were +happy. They too had very long chopsticks but they were eating and enjoying +themselves. They used the chopsticks to feed each other across the table. +The people in heaven had discovered that it was in their interest to +collaborate unselfishly.(p.69) + -- Ringu Tulku, "Mind Training", published by Snow Lion Publications +~ + When you are in a fluctuating state of mind, like when you are angry or have +lost your temper, then it is good to bring back calmness by concentrating on +breathing. Just count the breaths, completely forgetting about anger. +Concentrate on breathing and count in/out "one, two, three," up to twenty. + At that moment when your mind concentrates fully on breathing, the breath +coming and going, the passions subside. Afterwards it is easier to think +clearly. + Since all activities, including meditation, depend very much on the force of +intention or motivation, it is important that, before you begin to meditate, +you cultivate a correct motivation... The correct motivation is the +altruistic attitude.(p.69) + -- Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Cultivating a Daily + Meditation", published by Snow Lion Publications +~ + The crazy elephant of the mind behaving wildly + Is tied to the pillar of an object of observation + With the rope of mindfulness. + By degrees it is brought under control with the hook of wisdom. + --Bhavaviveka + + "Wisdom" here is introspection. Hence, the example of taming an elephant +indicates the achievement of a serviceable mind by way of the two--mindfulness +and introspection. The subtle vajra that is the base on which the mind is +being set is like a stable pillar to which an elephant is tied. The +unserviceable mind is like an untamed elephant. Causing the mind not to be +distracted from its object of observation through relying on mindfulness is +like using a rope to tie an elephant. Setting the mind free from fault--when +it does not hold the object of observation as originally set--through +immediately recognizing such by means of introspection is like a herder's +hitting an elephant with a hook and correcting it when it strays from the tie- +up. + + Hence, there are two important factors with regard to holding the mind: + + From the beginning, stay on the object of observation without being + distracted to anything other than it. + + Then if distracted, immediately recognize such, and again focus the mind + as before. (p.94) + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama, Dzong-ka-ba and Jeffrey Hopkins, "Yoga Tantra: Paths + to Magical Feats", translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, published by + Snow Lion Publications +~ +Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor +technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or +defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this +you will awaken from your dreams. + -- Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo +~ +LEEEEEEEROYYYY JENNNNNKINZZZ!!! + -- To be yelled before irrationally throwing away all plans and jumping into + the worst possible situation.