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September 2009 
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“In the heart of winter, the chill freezes lakes and rivers; water becomes so solid that it can bear men, beasts and carts. As the spring approaches, earth and water warm up and thaw. What then remains of the hardness of the ice? Water is soft and fluid, ice hard and sharp, so we cannot say that they are identical; but neither can we say that they are different, because ice is only solidified water, and water is only melted ice. The same applies to our perception of the world around us. To be attached to the reality of phenomena, to be tormented by attraction and repulsion, by pleasure and pain, gain and loss, fame and obscurity, praise and blame, creates a solidity in the mind. What we have to do, therefore, is to melt the ice of concepts into the living water of freedom within.” —Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Wonderful thoughts from Dilgo Khyentse. Thank you.
Water is the stuff of magic.
I also like Bruce Lee’s quote about water:
“Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let
it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like
water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water
into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it
becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my
friend!”