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UNUSED — UNSATISFACTORY FORMAT
- Directly knowing
Directly knowing
seeing and hearing
out of compassion
pass on to others
train in concord
appreciation
Dharma
discipline
emerging free
from unwholesome
become established
in the wholesome
neither exalt self
nor disparage
any others
in accordance
with harmony
life and love.— inspired by the Kinti Sutta
(#103, Majjhima Nikaya)“Mettā cetovimutti” — liberation of the heart through love
HexaMixLa with a touch of Mixolydian on C# 138 Hz (rel. A 438 Hz) — 8-string guitar — 7:18 Knowing love directly
“I know!” said Harry impatiently. “I can love!” …
“Yes, Harry, you can love… Which, given everything that has happened to you, is a great and remarkable thing.” …
“Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!” …
“It is essential that you understand this!” …
“You are protected, in short, by your ability to love! … In spite of all the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart.” …
“You are free to choose your way!” …He understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but [he now] knew … that there was all the difference in the world.
— Harry Potter and the half-blood prince — J. K. Rowling — pp. 509-512
Know directly, you’re “turtley” awesome!
May we all come to know love directly!