It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
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Words Are Working Wonders—Talking with Heart and Mind: A Buddhist Perspective on Communication
By Sylvia Wetzel, Jonathan Akasaraja Bruton (translator) — 2015
Words will work wonders if we are speaking with both heart and mind. By heart I mean a deep feeling of connection with everything and everyone and by mind a clear view of our strengths and weaknesses, the differences between us, and an ability to recognize our own limits. See more...
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Words will work wonders if we are speaking with both heart and mind. By heart I mean a deep feeling of connection with everything and everyone and by mind a clear view of our strengths and weaknesses, the differences between us, and an ability to recognize our own limits. Thus, our rational mind wisely surrenders the upper hand in our life to our heart, which, somehow, "knows" that it is connected.
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