new fortune

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@@ -42279,4 +42279,17 @@ fun and healthy vibes that I felt like "i never need to feel fear again".
 that feeling lasted for days after the concert was over.  hopefully memory of
 that thought never fades.
   -- fred t. hamster, after lockn 2016
+~
+The dawn of the Great Eastern Sun is based on actual experience.  It is not a
+concept.  You realize that you can uplift yourself, that you can appreciate
+your existence as a human being.  Whether you are a gas station attendant or
+the president of your country doesn’t really matter.  When you experience
+the goodness of being alive, you can respect who and what you are.  You need
+not be intimidated by lots of bills to pay, diapers to change, food to cook,
+or papers to be filed.  Fundamentally, in spite of all those responsibilities,
+you begin to feel that it is a worthwhile situation to be a human being, to be
+alive, not afraid of death.
+
+##--#Chögyam Trungpa, "Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior", published
+by Shambhala Publications