To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.
Alexandra David-NeelRead
"To fashion stars out of dog dung, that is the Great Work. To take a negative experience and, by comparing it to something worse, make it feel good, is the great skill."
Interpretation
Transforming negative experiences into positive lessons is a valuable skill.
This quote emphasizes the art of reframing negative experiences into something constructive and uplifting. By comparing our challenges to worse situations, we can cultivate a sense of gratitude and resilience, turning adversity into an opportunity for growth and understanding.
In practice
In a motivational speech, someone could reference this quote to illustrate the power of perspective.
To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.
All things are aggregations of atoms that dance & by their movement produce sound. When the rhythm of the dance changes, the sound it produces also changes... Each atom perpetually sings its song, and the sound at every moment creates dense subtle forms.
Integrity is the factor that determines which one will prevail. We struggle daily with situations that demand decisions between what we want to do and what we ought to do. Integrity establishes the ground rules for resolving these tensions. it determines who we are and how we will respond before the conflict even appears. Integrity welds what we say, think, and do, into a whole person so that permission is never granted for one of these to be out of sync.
Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. _x000D_ _x000D_ If you're not prepared to change your diet or your workouts, don't get on the scale.
In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, [Lucifer] could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige.
When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years, I’ve come to call resting with the discomfort “the detox period,” because when you don’t act on your habitual patterns, it’s like giving up an addiction. You’re left with the feelings you were trying to escape. The practice is to make a wholehearted relationship with that
I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it. That's why I have problems with our Pashtunwali code. We are supposed to take revenge for wrongs done to us, but where does that end? If a man in one family is killed or hurt by another man, revenge must be exacted to restore nang (honor).
We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.
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