“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
- Buddha
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"O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas,
And change thyself with many a twist and turn;
Thou wast not born for tile solace of the shore;
Arise, untamed, and find a path for thyself."
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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One of my favorite quotes from the Buddha—thanks for sharing.
Truly…..
Yet….How do we control our thoughts and our temperment though..
Is it by putting ourselves into another place, a feeling, love, indifference, or something else…..
If somehow I can master this…
Baekho - Your welcome!
J Alan - I believe it’s a work in progress this mastery of one’s thoughts. And perhaps it’s not so much as we need to control them as we need to understand them, the understanding is the mastery.