'What domestication and human 'help' (read slavery) does to animals. From Taoism: 'A carefree band of horses galloped spiritedly around the hills and meadows. They dined on green grass and drank clear water form cool streams. Living freely, naturally and contentedly. Along came a horse-trainer named Polo. He captured the unsuspecting horses, declaring, 'I know what is best for them.' He bridled the horses, decorated them with cheap ornaments, gave them numbers. Then he made them perform in public. They were forced to trot about in precise formation to the crackling commands of a whip. The once-carefree horses turned into mechanical performers tired, sick, afraid...'
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The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them.
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Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through...whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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'Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher goal is the most obscene and decadent phenomenon of any civilization.'
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By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand
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Your central self is totally untouched By grief, confusion, desperation.
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day.
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