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“It is quite possible to live in the midst of a highly developed technological society and keep an easy, relaxed pace while doing a lot of hard work. We have a choice. We are not mere victims of our environment, and we don’t have to go fast just because everybody else does and urges us to do it too.”

Eknath Easwaran

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When all hostility, fear, and insecurity are erased from your mind, the state that remains is pure joy.

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When we simplify our lives, we can give our time and attention to what matters most.

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To see life as it is, the mind must be made pure: everything that distorts it must be quieted or removed. When the mind is completely still, unstirred even in its depths, we see straight through to the ground of our being, which is divine.

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