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We are all human beings, which means we are all imperfect.
We all make mistakes and say things we don't mean.
The truth is that perfection does not exist.
It is a fairy tale we tell ourselves to help us find our place in the world.
And it is our imperfections that make us real, understandable human beings.
If you really care about someone, those imperfections shouldn't matter because it is precisely in those flaws that we find authenticity.
When we accept each other for who we are.
That is when a deep connection is sparked.
Perfectly imperfect.
That is who we are.

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What does happiness mean to you?
When we were little, we were told that we would be happy when we grew up. Now that we are twenty, we are told that we will be happy when we have a job, a house, someone by our side, and so we spend our lives chasing something that seems increasingly distant.
But perhaps happiness is not a destination, perhaps it is not a goal to be achieved, but a feeling that comes over you without warning.
A laugh that makes your stomach ache, a sunset that surprises you on your way home on nights when you talk to someone until you lose track of time.
In moments that seem small but that one day you will remember as the greatest.
The truth is that you don't need to have everything to be happy.
You need to stop believing that happiness is always elsewhere.
Because life doesn't wait for you, and if you don't learn to recognise it now in the simple things, you risk chasing it forever without realising that you have already experienced it.

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You are not a bad person.
You are a very good person to whom bad things have happened.
Do you understand me?
We all have both light and darkness within us.
What matters is which side we choose to act from.
That is who we are.

A wise man once told me:
"You are not changing.
You are simply returning to being yourself, after years of confusion."

And I nodded silently.

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You are what you think.
Change your thoughts and you will change your life.
Emotions are not your enemies, they are your compass.
Anger tells you that someone has crossed your boundaries.
Fear signals that something is important.
Anxiety arises when you live in the future instead of staying in the present.
Habits are stronger than motivation.
Do you really want to change your life?
Change your habits.
Your past is like a book.
You can reread it, but you cannot live in it.
Other people are mirrors;
what annoys you about them often reflects something unresolved in yourself.
Control is an illusion.
The only thing you can truly control is your decisions.

Meditiamo per addestrarci a essere presenti.
In meditazione sei seduto, immobile, e il mondo gira attorno a te come attorno a un centro.
Dopo la meditazione, sei ancora in te, al centro di tutto, e il mondo continua a gravitare attorno a questo centro.
Tutto ciò che ti circonda appartiene alla tua esperienza, tutte le persone e tutti i fenomeni sono in te.
Sei al tuo posto:
al posto di colui che è.
Sei immutabile perchè proteggi la tua mente.
Dal momento che proteggi la tua mente, il mondo smette di tirarti e spingerti.
Il mondo è lo spettacolo meraviglioso che l'anima concede a se stessa.

Qualsiasi cosa tu faccia, che tu vinca o che tu perda, sei sempre in te stesso.
Non hai bisogno di agire perché tutto è in te.
Sei immobile al centro della tua anima.

Dove sei?
Guardati!
Chi stai diventando in questo momento?
Dov'è la tua anima?
Dov'è la tua infanzia? Dove sei stato in questi ultimi tempi?
A cosa ti sei rassegnato?
Quale parte di te si è addormentata?
Svegliati!

Lascia stare tutte le teorie, tutti i metodi, tutte le religioni, tutte le idee:
cosa accade nella tua vita, qui, ora?
Dove sei?
Cosa fai della tua vita?
Non dimenticare mai il tuo bene più prezioso, il tuo unico bene:
la tua anima.
Misura l'elevatezza della tua origine e la padronanza di sé che ti impone.
Non hai forse trascurato il Bambino divino?
Non hai forse dimenticato la Promessa?

di Pierre Lévy
(filosofo francese)
da: “Il fuoco liberatore”


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We meditate to train ourselves to be present.
In meditation, you sit still, and the world revolves around you as if you were its centre.
After meditation, you are still within yourself, at the centre of everything, and the world continues to gravitate around this centre.
Everything around you belongs to your experience; all people and phenomena are within you.
You are in your place:
the place of the one who is.
You are immutable because you protect your mind.
Since you protect your mind, the world stops pulling and pushing you.
The world is the wonderful spectacle that the soul grants itself.

Whatever you do, whether you win or lose, you are always within yourself.
You do not need to act because everything is within you.
You are motionless at the centre of your soul.

Where are you?
Look at yourself!
Who are you becoming right now?
Where is your soul?
Where is your childhood? Where have you been lately?
What have you resigned yourself to?
What part of you has fallen asleep?
Wake up!

Forget all theories, all methods, all religions, all ideas:
what is happening in your life, here, now?
Where are you?
What are you doing with your life?
Never forget your most precious possession, your only possession:
your soul.
Measure the loftiness of your origin and the self-control it demands of you.
Have you not neglected the divine Child?
Have you not forgotten the Promise?

by Pierre Lévy
(french philosopher)
from: “The liberating fire”

A man said to Buddha:
“I want happiness.”
Buddha replied:
First eliminate “I,” that is the ego;
then eliminate “I want,” that is attachment, and what remains is precisely happiness.

Guarire non significa che la "ferita" non è mai esistita.
Significa che la "ferita" non controlla più la tua vita.

Cit. Zen

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Healing does not mean that the 'wound' never existed.
It means that the 'wound' no longer controls your life.

Zen quote

La fonte di tutto il bene, il male, la guarigione e il danno risiede nelle azioni, nelle parole e nei pensieri.
Hai portato con te azioni, discorsi e pensieri oggi?
O li hai lasciati a casa?
È qui che devi guardare, proprio qui.
Non devi guardare molto lontano.
Guarda le tue azioni, parole e pensieri.
Guarda per vedere se la tua condotta è difettosa o no.

Ajahn Chah
(monaco thailandese)
“Living Dhamma”

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The source of all good, evil, healing and harm lies in actions, words and thoughts.
Have you brought your actions, words and thoughts with you today?
Or have you left them at home?
This is where you need to look, right here.
You don't have to look very far.
Look at your actions, words and thoughts.
Look to see if your conduct is flawed or not.

Ajahn Chah
(thay monk)
“Living Dhamma”