Contemplations
Short meditative reflections — aphoristic, unhurried, written from the inside out.
When we surrender what we are not, what remains is who we are.
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It’s only when we awaken that we realize we have been asleep.
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We can only know others to the depth we know ourselves.
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The greatest form of control is letting go.
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Ignorance shouts. Wisdom listens.
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In order to see, we must first learn how to look.
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We can’t see in the dark unless we’ve spent time in the darkness.
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The depth of our understanding is measured not by our knowledge but by our curiosity.
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Creation is not an act of force. It is an act of reception and expression.
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There is infinite freedom in silence of mind, even a moment at a time.
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We survive and succeed because of each other, not in spite of each other.
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Realization is remembrance. Had we not had a memory of what we now realized, we wouldn’t recognize it.
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Our fears are not walls, but doors waiting to be opened.
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Holding on harder is never the way to keep anything. There’s beauty in surrender.
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