Rodney Lovell
Rodney Lovell
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Confusion: You cannot speak of your achievements for you are conceited, yet you cannot speak of wrongs because you complain. We encourage you to learn, yet if you teach what you learnt you are not qualified. You may be ridiculed for never taking chances in life, but if you do you must be careful. You are allowed to smoke whilst complaining about pollution. We must protect refugees fleeing war, yet we are scorned for protecting them in their homeland.
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Frustration should not be lightly dismissed. It is a powerful ally. Frustration paves the road to Resignation. Resignation is the paradoxical home of an open, receptive mind - the base of enlightenment. Resignation is the back door to the results sought through Meditation.
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Judge yourself fairly. Sentence yourself lightly. Pardon yourself often.
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To quit requires an excuse. To finish requires action.
act bring consciousness master return
Consciously, bring an unconscious act into your consciousness where you can master it...then, once mastered, return it to your unconscious.
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Embrace the negative, for within its crusty shell lies a pearl waiting to be discovered.
darkest valuable
An infinitesimal illumination is most valuable in the darkest room.
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A 'work around' simply means your system doesn't work.
few listen quietly starting step
See how few quietly step to the starting line. Listen to how many noisily step back from the starting line.
external internal systems
Our external experiences are what make us different. Our internal systems are what make us the same.
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Love given to you will evaporate like a puddle, unless you are open to absorb it.
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A man who would fight externally and die for his family, although noble, has chosen the easy option. It is far more courageous for a man to fight inwardly and live for his family.
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A man threatens to remove a dying woman's wig....and laughs as she cringes. He has now gained her respect and her silence, but only through fear. Whose wig do you threaten?
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A swimmer's mastery of breathing is the equivalent to one's understanding of their "Identity-Impression State