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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Unless you come out of your mind and become a no-mind you will not know what life is all about, you will live in vain. You will not have your honeymoon, it is impossible. You will not know the sweetness that existence is full of and the ecstasy.
Interpretation
What this quote means
To truly understand life, one must transcend the confines of the mind.
This quote suggests that intellectual thought can sometimes hinder our understanding of life's true essence. By moving beyond structured thinking and embracing a state of 'no-mind', one can experience life more fully and appreciate its inherent joys and ecstasies, avoiding a superficial existence.
Themes
MindNo-MindLifeExistenceEcstasySweetness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a mindfulness workshop to emphasize the importance of present-moment awareness.
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