[Jesus] teaches that just as the sun gives light to both wicked and good, and the rain brings nourishment to righteous and unrighteous, God's compassion embraces all people. There are no pre-conditions for it, nothing we need to do first, nothing we have to believe. When we are ready to receive it, it is already there. And the more we live in its presence, the more effortlessly if flows through us, until we find that we no longer need external rules or Bibles or Messiahs.
Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death. - Stephen Mitchell
Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.
- Stephen Mitchell
The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, the whole gorgeous a… - Stephen Mitchell
The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, the whole gorgeous a…
When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock. - Stephen Mitchell
When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way. - Stephen Mitchell
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.
Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now. - Stephen Mitchell
Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.
If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is. - Stephen Mitchell
If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.
When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you. - Stephen Mitchell
When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.
So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important. - Stephen Mitchell
So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.
Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health. - Stephen Mitchell
Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.
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