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The Art of Happiness
The question was, “How can I be more compassionate; how can my efforts to be compassionate be more effective?” His answer, politically careful, was that it was an individual question; that each person’s contribution was different, that one’s answer was … Continue reading
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Tagged action, activitism, compassion, Dalai Lama, peace, service, thought
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Society’s Man
Society, your dream would have me beg for pittance from a cruel employer’s hand, and from my knees downward, not use my legs, preferring that I genuflect, not stand, to act as servant, bound to divine whim that your appointed … Continue reading
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Tagged childishness, damnation, dreams, expectations, individuality, manhood, maturity, religion, service
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Martyr Without a Cause
Waken, would-be martyrs seeking causes to in an instant devote life and limb, and cling half-drowned along the upturned raft of culture that leaking, seeks the bottom of the quay. The words that might be spoken now are silenced; upon … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, causes, damnation, foolishness, martyrs, pointlessness, selfishness, service
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