May your sleep be your death, and your wakefulness be your heaven.
The great spiritual tension between the contemplative life of the monk andspiritual activism in the world dissolves entirely with one word__amaste: thelight in me bows to the light in you.When meditation reveals the light in ourselves, we naturally want to bow tothe light in all beings__o act on their behalf in reverence and devotion.When we truly see the light in another being, our own light shines forth, dissolving the seemingly eternal ache in our hearts and the near constant struggle of the ego mind. To see the light in one being__our own light or thatof another__s to win the cosmic game of hide and seek and ease the suffering of the world.
The River of Wisdom: Reflections on Yoga, Meditation, and Mindful Living
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The great spiritual tension between the contemplative life of the monk andspiritual activism in the world dissolves entirely with one word__amaste: thelight in me bows to the light in you.When meditation reveals the light in ourselves, we naturally want to bow tothe light in all beings__o act on their behalf in reverence and devotion.When we truly see the light in another being, our own light shines forth, dissolving the seemingly eternal ache in our hearts and the near constant struggle of the ego mind. To see the light in one being__our own light or thatof another__s to win the cosmic game of hide and seek and ease the suffering of the world.
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