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“We don't really know how letting go takes place. We want to know so we can make it happen. We want to be able to facilitate it, and of course also avoid anything that prevents it. And that's perfectly reasonable! But gradually we notice that letting go is not really our job. It is our task to
learn to leave things as they are.”
— Jon Bernie
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“It's easy to be a naive idealist. It's easy to be a cynical realist. It's quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.”
― Marie-Louise von Franz
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“The willingness to be surprised is really useful. Therefore, being wrong is one of my most favourite situations. I love to be wrong! It's very entertaining. And it is good to be amused about your wrong, because if your identity is involved in being right, believe me that you will suffer a lot.”
— Jon Bernie
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Having to be right has to do with faith - with, again, beliefs that we don't even know we have. Beliefs make the mind fragile and vulnerable. But when you get everything right in examining your mind it gradually becomes milder and malleable like moist clay. Asking yourself questions is the moisture that softens that hardness, that makes that rigidity relax.”
— Jon Bernie
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
"I've met many winners in history whose faces looked disgusting. Because I read you hatred and loneliness. Because they were nothing but winners and to become one they had to kill and subdue. But there is another race of men that helps us to breathe, who has always placed their existence and freedom only in the freedom and happiness of everyone, who finds the reasons to live and to love even in defeats. They, even if they win, will never be alone. "
— Albert Camus, "The Duty of Freedom"
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“ What's the point of talking about the unspeakable? Since reality is not defined, explained or understood by the analytical mind, why make an effort? The thinking mind, whatever burden he may be, is also a tool of the unspeakable and clearly wants to know and understand the goal. The sooner we can recognise his positive intention, the sooner he becomes our ally on the journey to the Unknown. When the mind becomes our ally, he becomes supportive and caring and patient. And useful! A relaxed, smooth working mind is a great tool to make use of.”
— Jon Bernie
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“You can get more stinkin' from thinkin' than you can from drinkin' - but to feel is for real.”
— Joe Miller
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“What light do we let shine on our experience? Maybe we should let the mental grip, the mental defence mechanism unravel, so that we can set the energy of what is emotionally held free - old pain, fear or old sadness - so that it is set in motion without being hindered by all those ideas or meaning that the mind gives it.”
— Jon Bernie
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Forgiveness is to relinquish your grievance and so to let go of grief. It happens naturally once you realise that your grievance serves no purpose except to strengthen a false sense of self. Forgiveness is to offer no resistance to life -- to allow life to live through you.”
— Eckhart Tolle
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“But the amazing thing, that you discover as you gradually find your way on this mysterious path, is that all beliefs ultimately change or disappear. Ideas about how long it will last, even the idea of enlightenment - at a certain point you realise that they are no longer there.
Ideas, ideals in which we believe or that we pursue, can of course be useful; they can motivate us and maybe create some hope or certainty. That's fine. But eventually they disappear. We usually don't have to consciously let go of our beliefs; at a certain point they dissolve more or less by themselves, and gradually we notice that there is actually nothing left in which we believe.”
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“We don't really know how letting go takes place. We want to know so we can make it happen. We want to be able to facilitate it, and of course also avoid anything that prevents it. And that's perfectly reasonable! But gradually we notice that letting go is not really our job. It is our task to
learn to leave things as they are.”
— Jon Bernie
“It's easy to be a naive idealist. It's easy to be a cynical realist. It's quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.”
― Marie-Louise von Franz
“The willingness to be surprised is really useful. Therefore, being wrong is one of my most favourite situations. I love to be wrong! It's very entertaining. And it is good to be amused about your wrong, because if your identity is involved in being right, believe me that you will suffer a lot.”
— Jon Bernie
“Having to be right has to do with faith - with, again, beliefs that we don't even know we have. Beliefs make the mind fragile and vulnerable. But when you get everything right in examining your mind it gradually becomes milder and malleable like moist clay. Asking yourself questions is the moisture that softens that hardness, that makes that rigidity relax.”
— Jon Bernie
"I've met many winners in history whose faces looked disgusting. Because I read you hatred and loneliness. Because they were nothing but winners and to become one they had to kill and subdue. But there is another race of men that helps us to breathe, who has always placed their existence and freedom only in the freedom and happiness of everyone, who finds the reasons to live and to love even in defeats. They, even if they win, will never be alone. "
— Albert Camus, "The Duty of Freedom"
“ What's the point of talking about the unspeakable? Since reality is not defined, explained or understood by the analytical mind, why make an effort? The thinking mind, whatever burden he may be, is also a tool of the unspeakable and clearly wants to know and understand the goal. The sooner we can recognise his positive intention, the sooner he becomes our ally on the journey to the Unknown. When the mind becomes our ally, he becomes supportive and caring and patient. And useful! A relaxed, smooth working mind is a great tool to make use of.”
— Jon Bernie
“You can get more stinkin' from thinkin' than you can from drinkin' - but to feel is for real.”
— Joe Miller
“What light do we let shine on our experience? Maybe we should let the mental grip, the mental defence mechanism unravel, so that we can set the energy of what is emotionally held free - old pain, fear or old sadness - so that it is set in motion without being hindered by all those ideas or meaning that the mind gives it.”
— Jon Bernie
“Forgiveness is to relinquish your grievance and so to let go of grief. It happens naturally once you realise that your grievance serves no purpose except to strengthen a false sense of self. Forgiveness is to offer no resistance to life -- to allow life to live through you.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“But the amazing thing, that you discover as you gradually find your way on this mysterious path, is that all beliefs ultimately change or disappear. Ideas about how long it will last, even the idea of enlightenment - at a certain point you realise that they are no longer there.
Ideas, ideals in which we believe or that we pursue, can of course be useful; they can motivate us and maybe create some hope or certainty. That's fine. But eventually they disappear. We usually don't have to consciously let go of our beliefs; at a certain point they dissolve more or less by themselves, and gradually we notice that there is actually nothing left in which we believe.”
— Jon Bernie