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Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
- Michel De Montaigne
At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language - door and open the love - window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window.
- Rumi
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
- Oscar Wilde
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