From 67e1a998e3ac4d8f4bee85ec28242a77387b235d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 13:18:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune, some re-indent --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 95 ++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index a7aff3e4..da7d06a8 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -5230,11 +5230,11 @@ recall this power and warp the space where they stand. (___)_) ~ When they came for the Fourth Amendment I didn't say anything - because I had nothing to hide. + because I had nothing to hide. When they came for the Second Amendment I didn't say anything - because I didn't own a gun. + because I didn't own a gun. When they came for the Fifth and Sixth Amendments I didn't say anything - because I had committed no crimes. + because I had committed no crimes. When they came for the First Amendment I couldn't say anything. (taken from the Urine Nation News, spring/summer 1993, number 12, page 1) @@ -5298,19 +5298,18 @@ If the river flows clearly and cleanly through the proper channel, all will be well along its banks. The Integral Way depends on decreasing, not increasing: - To correct your mind, rely on not-doing. + To correct your mind, rely on not-doing. Decrease thinking and clinging to complications; - keep your mind detached and whole. + keep your mind detached and whole. Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; - keep your mind crystal clear. + keep your mind crystal clear. Avoid daydreaming and allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; - this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. + this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, - your integral nature will appear. - + your integral nature will appear. -- Hua Hu Ching -- 45 ~ Dualistic thinking is a sickness. @@ -5319,20 +5318,20 @@ Materialism is cruel. Blind spirituality is unreal. Chanting is no more holy than listening to the - murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more - sacred than simply breathing, religious robes no - more spiritual than work clothes. + murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more + sacred than simply breathing, religious robes no + more spiritual than work clothes. If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get - caught up in spiritual superficialities. + caught up in spiritual superficialities. Instead, live a quiet and simple life, free of ideas and - concepts. + concepts. Find contentment in the practice of undiscriminating - virtue, the only true power. + virtue, the only true power. Giving to others selflessly and anonymously, radiating - light throughout the world and illuminating your - own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for - yourself and all beings. + light throughout the world and illuminating your + own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for + yourself and all beings. 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By subduing the mind alone, they all become subdued. + For the Propounder of the Truth said that all fears and immeasurable +sufferings arise from the mind only. + -- Shantideva, "A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life", published by + Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1