Life means giving and taking:
exchange, transformation.
It is breathing in and breathing out.
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It is not the taking possession of anything,
but a taking part in everything
that comes in touch with us.
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It is neither a state of possession
nor of being possessed,
neither a clinging to the objects of our experience
nor a state of indifference,
but the middle way,
the way of transformation.
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We are transformed by what we accept.
We transform what we have accepted
by assimilating it.
We are transformed by the act of giving,
and we contribute to
the transformation of others
by what we are giving.
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He who opposes this process of transformation
will die the slow death of rigidity …
Lama Anagarika Govinda
Photo by Woodland Gnome 2014