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“ When Nureyev appeared in San Francisco not long ago there were quite a few ballet fans who flew all the way from New York to see him. The mystics would point out how fruitless it is to go to see important people when our first priority is to see ourselves. We think we know Tom, Dick and Harry, but we really know everyone, including ourselves, only on the surface level. If we could see our real Self coming down the street, we would wonder who this beautiful, radiant, magnificent creature could be. We would not be able to take our eyes off him. ”

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Judged by the normal standards of human affairs, the lives of men and women of God may look overburdened with suffering, and even inconclusive.

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Eknath Easwaran Faith Suffering

It is a very difficult secret to understand that when we do not want to possess another selfishly, he or she will always love us. It is when we do not want to possess, when we do not make demand after demand, that the relationship will last.

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Eknath Easwaran Jealousy Relationships Selflessness

You occasionally hear it said that spiritual aspirants should drop everything and set off for the woods, or go to India and wander about on the slopes of the Himalayas. But only through daily contact with people--not trees or brooks or deer--can we train ourselves to be selfless in personal relationships.

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Eknath Easwaran Connection Enlightenment Friendship Meditation Relationships Selfless

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.... All we are is the result of what we have thought. By changing our mode of thinking, we can remake ourselves completely.

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Eknath Easwaran Meditation Spirituality