Padma’s Words

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the motivations behind my behaviors…I’m trying to get to the root of what really makes me happy and what causes me grief. Although this process is never complete, I think this period of introspection has led me to some interesting insight that I’d like to pass on. [...]

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A man knocked on my door late one evening and looked at me in pity
“I wish you could feel,” he said, and then he walked away.
Sometimes he comes back, each time his eyes full of hope, but each time he smiles and walks away. He seems to be waiting for me to do something, but [...]

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Hold not onto your wealth, for it will soon fade away
Give up your desires, they will lead you astray
Don’t turn from suffering when it comes, it reminds you of this:
The Truth is that we are all dying and nothing is more important than your spirit
Don’t waste your life waiting to live another
Tend to your soul, [...]

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There was a spring, and inside it was the source of all knowing.
Many men thirsty yet ignorant, walked beside or around the spring never noticing it was there.
Some men drank from it and were nourished.
One man fell in and was never seen again.
These people that find it, do not return from Heaven.
That is why you [...]

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