Quote of the Day: Melting the Ego.
“The ego is just frozen love, and when we can let go of our need to centralize; when we can just dissolve ourselves into this process of being a conduit for the love of the Earth – which is who we are – it’s melted and turns into this unconditioned, unbounded love for everything. So be a bright light. Be a fire – a beacon of love that is radiating out in all directions.” ~ Reggie Ray of the Dharma Ocean Foundation
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Beautiful. Thank you. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around pathways to being exactly that today.
Love on wheels.
Between this and Ginsberg’s Sunflower Sutra, I’m well on my way.
To wrapping my head around pathways, that is.
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