You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain..
-Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings
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Sometimes the darkest night becomes the brightest day.
Even if you have to fight to see it..
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Mindfulness is at the same time a means and an end, the seed and the fruit.
We practice mindfulness in order to build up concentration, mindfulness is a seed. But mindfulness itself is the life of awareness: the presence of mindfulness means the presence of life, and therefore mindfulness is also the fruit. Mindfulness frees us of forgetfulness and dispersion and makes it possible to live fully each minute of life. Mindfulness enables us to live.
-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness
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First, forget your sadness, anger, grudges, and hatred. Let them pass like smoke caught in a breeze” (Hatsumi, 1988 p. 123).