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High School Art Teacher. Mindful. Passionate. Vegan.
lizziefortinLeave a Comment on We have to be here for ourselves; we have to be here for the people we love; we have to be here for life with all its wonders.
We have to be here for ourselves; we have to be here for the people we love; we have to be here for life with all its wonders.
lizziefortinLeave a Comment on In this freedom, they ride the waves of birth and death in perfect peace. They are able to remain in the world of waves while abiding in the nature of the water.
In this freedom, they ride the waves of birth and death in perfect peace. They are able to remain in the world of waves while abiding in the nature of the water.
lizziefortinLeave a Comment on We usually just touch the wave, but when we discover how to touch the water, we receive the highest fruit that meditation can offer.
We usually just touch the wave, but when we discover how to touch the water, we receive the highest fruit that meditation can offer.
lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The flower is aware of the fact that it contains everything within it, the whole cosmos, and it does not try to become something else.
The flower is aware of the fact that it contains everything within it, the whole cosmos, and it does not try to become something else.
Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.
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The realization that we have already arrived, that we don’t have to travel any further, that we are already here, can give us peace and joy.
Nirvana is the extinction of all concepts.
lizziefortinLeave a Comment on When we look deeply at the nature of things, we see that in fact everything is impermanent.
When we look deeply at the nature of things, we see that in fact everything is impermanent.
lizziefortinLeave a Comment on When you contemplate the big, full sunrise, the more mindful and concentrated you are, the more the beauty of the sunrise is revealed to you.
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