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What's the dominant emotion associated with purity? Anger. The most aggressive people are the ones who insist on being utterly pure. It's responsible for countless wars at all levels of society. Far better to have no aspiration, no hope and relate to things just as they are.

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The importance of conventional life is greatly exaggerated and a good death can do wonders.

An Arrow to the Heart. pg. 140 (2007)

Each time you sit down to practice, take a few minutes to feel in your heart why this is important to you.

Appeals to justice or fairness are almost always stories that hide or protect unacknowledged hurts or pains.

The most reliable way to cut through the thinking process is to bring attention to what you are experiencing in the body.

Any form of idealism involves avoiding some specific pain or suffering.

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