The Way of the Peaceful Warrior
The following quote I pulled from the book, "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior,". This is a very inspiring book, with a very powerful message. I wanted to share these quotes with you, take it and interpret into a meaning in which you see fit.
"Use whatever knowledge you have but see its limitations. Knowledge alone
does not suffice; it has no heart. No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit; it can never bring you ultimate happiness or peace. Life requires more than knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands RIGHT ACTION if knowledge is to come alive..."
"..If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your MIND is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of obligations of life and death. But change is law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality..."
"...'Mind' is one of those slippery terms like 'love'. The proper definition depends on your state of consciousness. Look at it this way: you have a brain that directs the body, stores information, and plays with that information. We refer to the brain's abstract processes as 'the intellect.' Nowhere have I mentioned mind. The brain and the mind are not the same. The Brain is real; the mind isn't....'Mind' is an illusory reflection of cerebral fidgeting. It comprises all the random, uncontrolled thoughts that bubble into awareness from the subconscious. Consciousness is not mind; awareness is not mind; attention is not mind. Mind is an obstruction, an aggravation. It is a kind of evolutionary mistake in the human being, a primal weakness in the human experiment. I have no use for the mind."
-The Way of the Peaceful Warrior-
