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Re: Words of Wisdom 19 (Jan 19 - Dec 19)

PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:16 pm
by winston
Asking “Who is the villain?” is the prologue to asking who should be punished.

But asking “What are the conditions that led to this?” leads us to consider how to change those conditions so that the situation is less likely to happen again.

—Matthew Gindin, “The Red Hat Rorschach Test”

Re: Words of Wisdom 19 (Jan 19 - Dec 19)

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:18 am
by winston
Even though we cannot see clearly how it’s going to turn out, we are still called to let the future into our imagination.

We will never be able to build what we have not first cherished in our hearts.

—Joanna Macy and Sam Mowe, “The Work That Reconnects”

Re: Words of Wisdom 19 (Jan 19 - Dec 19)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:14 pm
by winston
Nothing is merely a means to an end, nothing is merely a step on the path to somewhere else. Every moment, everything, is absolutely foundational in its own right.

—Barry Magid, “Uselessness”

Re: Words of Wisdom 19 (Jan 19 - Dec 19)

PostPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:42 pm
by winston
"Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress."

MAIMONIDES

Re: Words of Wisdom 19 (Jan 19 - Dec 19)

PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:09 pm
by winston
Anger is considered a poison when it’s self-motivated and self-centered.

But take that attachment to the self out of anger and the same emotion becomes the fierce energy of determination, which is a very positive force …

Drop the self-orientation from ignorance, and it becomes a state of unknowing that allows new things to rise.

—Roshi Bernie Glassman and Rick Fields, “Instructions to the Cook”