From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:39:48 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1137 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=a13bd1932f02bc156692cbe16deea5961cf1caac;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 150799e5..a2729641 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38732,3 +38732,22 @@ man: you know how to make fire and cook food. But it doesn’t mean anything. You are still nobody. That is the inspiration. -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One: The Individual Path of Liberation" +~ + Interdependence is our reality, whether we accept it or not. In order to +live productively within such a reality, it is better to acknowledge and work +with interdependence, wholeheartedly and without resistance. This is where +love and compassion come in. It is love that leads us to embrace our +connectedness to others, and to participate willingly in the relations created +by our interdependence. Love can melt away our defenses and our painful sense +of separation. The warmth of friendship and love makes it easy for us to +accept that our happiness is intimately linked to that of others. The more +widely we are able to love others, the happier and more content we can feel +within the relations of interdependence that are a natural part of our life. + Love is possible in all our relationships because all people want happiness. +No one wants to suffer. This is true of the people we love. It is also true +of those we dislike. We are all absolutely identical in this respect. I +think this universal wish for happiness is something we can easily grasp +intellectually. When we learn to also feel and respect this in our heart, +love naturally flourishes within us. + -- The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, "The Heart is Noble: Changing the World + from the Inside Out"