4.25.2009

I don't mind, cuz I don't matter...

From the Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Attachment to matter gives rise to passion against nature.
Thus trouble arises in the whole body;
this is why I tell you:
'Be in harmony...'
If you are out of balance,
take inspiration from manifestations
of your true nature.

From the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism:

#2 Suffering is caused by craving or attachments to worldly pleasures of all kinds. This is often expressed as a deluded clinging to a certain sense of existence, to selfhood, or to the things or phenomena that we consider the cause of happiness or unhappiness.

#3 Suffering ends when craving ends, when one is freed from desire. This is achieved by eliminating all delusion, thereby reaching a liberated state of Enlightenment (bodhi);

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