{"id":17668,"date":"2015-11-07T01:50:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=17668"},"modified":"2015-11-07T01:50:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:50:31","slug":"stonepeace-611-620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2015\/11\/stonepeace-611-620\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonepeace (611-620)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[611] Nothing and no one lets us down<br \/>\nother than our misplaced perceptions<br \/>\nwhich give rise to unrealistic expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17669\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1mathcollionkittypromo.gif?resize=390%2C220\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[612] If you see one<br \/>\nas severely wicked,<br \/>\nit is easy to give rise to anger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you see the same person<br \/>\nas severely deluded,<br \/>\nit is easier to give rise to compassion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">[613] Progress is possible only with diligence.<br \/>\nConsistent progress is possible only with consistent diligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[614] To only apologise to a divine being<br \/>\ninstead of the human being you had wronged is wrong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[615] If you merely regurgitate what others say,<br \/>\nyou have not digested what they said yet,<br \/>\nsome of which might be utter nonsense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[616] Magnanimity is forgiving<br \/>\neven those<br \/>\nwho do not forgive you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Magnanimity is not bearing grudges<br \/>\neven against those<br \/>\nwho bear grudges against you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[617] If you keep talking down from much higher moral ground,<br \/>\nit hardly motivates those far below to move up.<br \/>\nEmpathy and inspiration to move to<br \/>\nthe highest shore of liberation together is much more skilful.<br \/>\nThis is the way of the Bodhisattvas, who teach by example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[618] If you do not live with regrets,<br \/>\nyou will not die with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[619] As we cannot become<br \/>\nenlightened immediately<br \/>\n[unless we are on the brink of enlightenment],<br \/>\nwe should become<br \/>\nmore enlightened gradually,<br \/>\nbeginning from now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[620] We prefer to see people and issues as black or white,<br \/>\nwhile most things are different mixes of black and white.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Get &#8216;The Stonepeace Book&#8217; Vol 1 &amp; 2 for 200 sayings not featured here:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/webstore\/store.php#!\/The-Stonepeace-Book-Volume-1+2-Two-Hundred-Inspirational-Sayings\/p\/20272255\/category=4381322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">http:\/\/<wbr><\/wbr>thedailyenlightenment.com\/<wbr><\/wbr>webstore\/store.php#!\/<wbr><\/wbr>The-Stonepeace-Book-Volume-<wbr><\/wbr>1+2-Two-Hundred-Inspiratio<wbr><\/wbr>nal-Sayings\/p\/20272255\/<wbr><\/wbr>category=4381322<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>25 Reviews: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2013\/03\/reviews-of-the-stonepeace-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">http:\/\/<wbr><\/wbr>thedailyenlightenment.com\/<wbr><\/wbr>2013\/03\/<wbr><\/wbr>reviews-of-the-stonepeace-b<wbr><\/wbr>ooks<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stonepeace Facebook:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stonepeacesayings\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stonepeacesayings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #292f33; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #f5f8fa;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[611] Nothing and no one lets us down other than our misplaced perceptions which give rise to unrealistic expectations. 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