On the Wings of Hope : Prose

It's possible to have things - and not to be adhered to them. It's possible not to have things - and to be adhered to them. But in order to be released from their adherence you once have to reject them.

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The victory of one is defeat of another. Defeat of one is a victory of another. The one truly free can neither win, nor be defeated.

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Release from grief is joy. Release from joy is calmness. Release from calmness is death.

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The thick-skinned do not feel soft touches. Turtles never run. Moles know no such thing as sun. Wingless have no power to fly. Such is the way of things.

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Light cannot reach closed eyes. Eyes of sleeping ones never shine brightly with light. Light disseminates darkness by its very nature. Such is the way of things.

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What was living yesterday, today became dead once again to further create life in a new form. Life and death are inseparable and one does not exist without another. Such is the way of things.

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The unblown flower becomes a weed for those near him.

The withered oasis becomes a part of desert.

Not thawed ice becomes an iceberg in ocean.

The lake, born in adverse environment, becomes a bog.

The nature knows no emptiness.

Such is the way of things.

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Nobody can become everything. The one who was everything can become nobody. External greatness has nothing in common with inner one.

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Plants do feel. Animals do think. Humans consider only themselves reasonable. We are all parts of single whole.

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Living for yourself – you live for others. Living for others – you live for yourself. Only those learnt will confirm these words.

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Joy is necessity. Happiness is necessity. Love is necessity. Creativity remains a possibility.

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They say : “It’s wrong”. They say : “It’s not done in that way”. Only having denied interdictions, it’s possible to learn to create.

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Freedom “together” is not a freedom. Freedom “from” is not a freedom. The true freedom – is a freedom “for”.

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The sun knows not right ones. The sun knows not wrong ones. The sun shines having no purpose to warm someone. The one who has found his true nature is like the sun.

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The stream cannot be compared to the river. The river cannot be compared to the sea. The one who has found his true nature is like the ocean.

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It’s possible to accumulate lots of knowledge – and to know nothing. It’s possible to have no knowledge – and to know a lot. Only in silence of own experience an enlightenment is born.

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To know all about all is impossible. To know all about others is senseless. To learn even yourself, the Eternity may not suffice.

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The dog howls not from joy. The cat purrs not from grief. Both dogs and cats are unable to alter their nature. Is human capable of doing so?

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One thousand opinions on you are not you. Your words are not you. The one who knows himself is capable to operate all three, still remaining the fourth.

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It’s possible to talk with sinners - and to remain holy. It’s possible not to torture the body - and to remain holy. It's possible to live simple life - and to remain holy. The true holiness is holiness of consciousness.

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The one plunged in crowd will not find himself. The one renounced the world will not learn others. One can learn himself without renouncing, but can never renounce himself.

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The sacred accepts approval of others. The sinner accepts hatred of others. The wise does not seek attention of others like the first and the second.

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The prayer “for” is begging. The prayer “contra” is hopelessness. The prayer “pro” is unfulfilled hope. For truly free one his entire life becomes the only possible prayer.

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Only the poor needs alms. Only the ignorant about his own ignorance needs belief. Only the one tempered in hearth of own experience has no need for superstitions of others.

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It’s never possible to accept yourself, renouncing. It’s possible to change yourself, only having accepted. It’s possible to learn yourself, only having remembered.

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The invisible balance reigns in Universe. Because of a dust of personal desires people are not capable to behold it. The human is free to choose his own way in the world. To change the uniform laws of  Universe is not in his powers.

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The reason has no physical form. The mind – is just a guide for a reason. The guide knows nothing about an unfamiliar route, but is capable to tell of him to another when the journey is finished.

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Life for yourself is celebration of ego. Life for others is celebration of slavery. The wise does not live for someone.

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Until the last enemy inside is defeated, battles are inevitable. Until there is peace inside you, you will always bring wars with you. It’s only possible to win yourself having surrendered to existence.

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