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 the world.
   -- Excerpt from President Roosevelt's January 11, 1944 message to the
      Congress of the United States on the State of the Union
+~
+  Whatever arises in our mind—whether it’s a thought, an emotion, a
+sensation, or a perception—is the arising of coemergent wisdom.  It is the
+radiation of the mind’s emptiness and clarity.  Every arising is a temporary
+arising—one thought comes and goes, then another thought comes and goes.
+All our thoughts and emotions just appear and disappear.
+  This is very important, because we usually grasp at whatever occurs.  For
+instance, when sadness arises, we hold on to this feeling and think, “I am
+so sad, I am so depressed.” But from the Mahamudra point of view, what has
+happened?  A feeling has arisen in the mind, like a cloud.  Like a cloud, it
+appears and then it disappears, and that’s all there is to it.  This time it
+is sadness arising, the next time it may be happiness, the next time it may be
+anger, and later it may be kindness.  All sorts of things arise, like
+wildflowers in a spring meadow.  All sorts of flowers grow; all sorts of
+thoughts and emotions arise.  They are all okay; they’re nothing special.
+When we understand what our thoughts and feelings are, and we experience them
+in this way, we are able to let them come and let them go.
+  -- Ringu Tulku, from "Confusion Arises as Wisdom: Gampopa’s Heart Advice on
+     the Path of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications.