"When we see the world through our thoughts, we stop experiencing life as it really is and others as they really are. When I have a thought about you, thatâ€™s something Iâ€™ve created. Iâ€™ve turned you into an idea. In a certain sense, if I have an idea about you that I believe, Iâ€™ve degraded you. Iâ€™ve made you into something very small. This is the way of human beings, this is what we do to each other."

Source : Adyashanti (2011). “Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering”, p.8, Sounds True

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