We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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Your enlightenment is perfect only when silence has come to be a celebration. Hence my insistence that after you meditate you must celebrate. After you have been silent you must enjoy it, you must have a thanksgiving. A deep gratitude must be shown towards the whole just for the opportunity that you are, that you can meditate, that you can be silent, that you can laugh.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True enlightenment involves celebrating silence and expressing gratitude for the ability to meditate and be present.
This quote emphasizes the importance of celebrating moments of silence and meditation as part of the journey towards enlightenment. It suggests that genuine spiritual growth is accompanied by a sense of joy and gratitude for the experiences and opportunities life presents, highlighting that meditation should lead to appreciation and celebration rather than be seen as a mere task.
Themes
EnlightenmentSilenceCelebrationGratitudeMeditationMindfulness
In practice
Example use cases
During a mindfulness workshop, one could share this quote to inspire participants to appreciate their meditation practice.
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