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“Religious ideas have the fate of melodies, which, once set afloat in the world, are taken up by all sorts of instruments, some of them woefully coarse, feeble, or out of tune, until people are in danger of crying out that the melody itself is detestable.”
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“The central premise of this book is that the Western psychological notion of what it means to have a self is flawed.”
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“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.”
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“Why they always look so serious in Yoga? You make serious face like this, you scare away good energy. To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy. Even smile in your liver. Practice tonight at hotel. Not to hurry, not to try too hard. Too serious, you make you sick. You can calling the good energy with a smile. (From Ketut Liyer, the Balinese healer)”
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“What I've taken from my spiritual study is the wisdom of living a balanced life. My spiritual path has also helped me to be more emotionally centered, to be more understanding of those that disagree with me, and to learn how to let go of some of my power issues so that I can be more effective and bring a sense of humility to my work - while still having the self-confidence to be effective.”
Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
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“The photograph is always more interesting than what the photograph is of.”
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“I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after.”
Source : "An Interview with Alan Bishop". believermag.com. July 1st, 2008.
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“I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.”
Source : 'Brahma'.