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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

~ Lewis Carroll
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Attachment and love are similar in that both of them draw us to the other person. But in fact, these two emotions are quite different. When we’re attached we’re drawn to someone because he or she meets our needs. In addition, there are lots of strings attached to our affection that we may or may not realize are there. For example, I “love” you because you make me feel good. I “love” you as long as you do things that I approve of. I “love” you because you’re mine. You’re my spouse or my child or my parent or my friend. With attachment, we go up and down like a yo-yo, depending on how the other person treats us. We obsess, “What do they think of me? Do they love me? Have I offended them? How can I become what they want me to be so that they love me even more?” It’s not very peaceful, is it? We’re definitely stirred up.

On the other hand, the love we’re generating on the Dharma path is unconditional. We simply want other to have happiness and the causes of happiness without any strings attached, without any expectations of what these people will do for us or how good they’ll make us feel.

Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom and Compassion, by Thubten Chodron

The Four Immeasurables
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“If all good people were clever; and all clever people were good, the world would be nicer than ever what it possibly could. But somehow 'tis seldom or never the two hit it off as they should; the good are so harsh to the clever, the clever so rude to the good.”

~ Elizabeth Wordsworth
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.”

~ G. K. Chesterton
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.”

~ W. H. Auden
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear. When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.”

~ Gerald G. Jampolsky

50 Letting Go Of the Past Quotes - Let Go and Move On
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”

~ Benjamin Disraeli
 
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