From: Chris Koeritz Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:53:58 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~597 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=151d1baefaf82a28da3672bad8ef9a084de4480a;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 6f6760d5..83a77cd5 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41114,3 +41114,15 @@ an end to these negative and paranoid tendencies and replace them with love, compassion, and the development of a kind heart. -- Traleg Kyabgon, in "The Practice of Lojong", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Awareness of the thought process at the moment of an impulse arising is what +makes freedom from thought possible, because when the mind is only at the +stage of an impulse arising, the energies haven’t fully engaged. There is +an almost impartial quality about the energy of the impulse. When it is +driven into specific thought, the situation changes and it becomes “my +thought with my feeling, therefore me.” This is what is meant by being +caught in the thought. The inner energy has transmuted from being something +relatively neutral and therefore not very important or compelling into +something entirely personal and therefore extremely important and compelling. + -- Rob Nairn, in "Living, Dreaming, Dying", published by Shambhala Publications +