Title: 'Quotes From The Vortex'

   
          Dear fellow Seeker,
          I am certain that you will be blessed to remember the following....

• You only lose what you cling to.
• Fill your mind with compassion.
• We live in illusion and the appearance of things.
• There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.
• The Four Reliances -
  First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;
  Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;
  Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;
  And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.
• We are what we think. All that we are, arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.
• To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
• Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
• Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others.
  Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
• What we think, we become.
• Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
• Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.
• He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
• An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind
• Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

   .... And I know because, it's these very words of wisdom, that have also blessed me.


Peace x Rev.Bola