Monday, October 10, 2005

Broken Jesus

From the blog Operation Eden, a personal chronicle of the New Orleans disaster by a resident.


"For what is the nature of your life?
Why, it is but a mist,
which appears for a short time and then
is seen no more."

- James 4:14

"You live on earth only for a few short years which you call an incarnation,
and then you leave your body as an outworn dress and go for refreshment
to your true home in the spirit."
- White Eagle

"Normally we do not like to think about death.
We would rather think about life.
Why reflect on death?
When you start preparing for death you soon realize
that you must look into your life... now
...and come to face the truth of your self.
Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected."
- Sogyal Rinpoche

Since everything is but an apparition,
having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection,
one may well burst out in laughter.
Longchenpa

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