We could also then ask, “should we trust the opinion of a man who believes his beard is more important than companionship with other humans?”
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Beards take time.
They are an investment.
Dont give up somthing you worked for, because someone else doesent like it.
Surround yourself with people that want you as you are, not with those that wish you to change in a way that is not a true reflection of yourself.
Basically be yourself, reguardless of others opinions.
The real quote replaces “woman” with “P**sy” 
But the sentiment is the same.
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Sri Ramana Maharshi
God dwells in You, as You, and you do not have to ‘do’ anything to be God realized or Self-Realized, it is already your true and natural state.
Just drop all seeking, turn your attention inward, and sacrifice your ego mind to the One Self radiating in the heart of your very being.
For this to be your own presently lived experience, Self- Inquiry Meditation is a direct and immediate way.
Sri Ramana Maharshi
This hangs on the door to my grow area.
It helps me remember that, in here:
the wee germinating sprouts, the early veg stage plants, the full flowered plants are growing me.
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Autumn has arrived.
The seed sleeps through the winter.
Life begins anew.
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Anyone who dares to do it, has no courage.
Whoever gives it, is cold like as stone.
Those who possess it, are destitute.
and those who love it, remain alone.
what is it? 
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…Nothing?
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yep, haha.
well done.
it wasn’t that hard, tho …
(which is what she said, lol.)
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I could plan. Make up an idea of a path. But, I can also just walk, and trust that the ground is always present. I don’t know, but somehow, with each step taken, the path creates itself, and here, now, that’s enough.
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“The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.”
— Albert Einstein
Between two thoughts there is a period of silence which is not related to the thought process. If you observe you will see that that period of silence, that interval, is not of time and the discovery of that interval, the full experiencing of that interval, liberates you from conditioning.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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All depends on you. It is by your consent that the world exists. Withdraw your belief in its reality and it will dissolve like a dream. Time can bring down mountains; much more you, who are the timeless source of time. For without memory and expectation there can be no time.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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this just sounds wrong on so many levels. do you have any references to any more work by this person so that i can understand it better rather than dismiss it out of hand?
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Author of many books and Indian guru of non - dualism…I love him for his hard hitting direct approach to undifferentiated reality 
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thanx, i’ll check that out. i do love this new attitude, much less stress. have a great weekend.
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Profound 
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“Who am l? What am I? Whence am I ?
What is beyond the entry and exit in this amphitheatre of Existence?
Who feels in the senses and thinks in the mind and dreams in my
fancy?”
-x-
"The Silent One possessed me in Silence
and poured into me a speechless word
that was the seed of wisdom.
That word, O friend, had a magic effect on my life.
It hushed up the mind and opened my heart to silent embrace of the Divine".
-x-
"The unique One pervades all beings. All are one in that.
It is the Life of lives, the One that moves in many names and forms.
It is beyond the mental conceptions of caste, creed and religion.
Ascetic or householder, all have a right to live in its consciousness.
Come collectively to enjoy the bliss of life in the Divine Grace.
Call with deep love; the Grace shall pour itself from above."
-Sage Thanyumanavar
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We exist only in the present.
Using the past as a reference in time (which is a mental creation), we project an apparent future (expectation) which again, is a mental creation done by us at the present moment, where alone we exist!
Both time and space are concepts within which the world of names and forms appear and that is the substance of memory.
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nah, time exists outside of us. it exists whether we experience it or not.
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