way 11 the contemplative life is the good life the external world is no fit habitat for man it is too big too cold too pressing rather it is the life turned inward that is rewarding the rich internal world of ideals of sensitive feelings of reverie of selfknowledge is mans true home by the cultivation of the self within man alone becomes human only then does there arise deep sympathy with all that lives an understanding of the suffering inherent in life a realization of the futility of aggressive action the attainment of contemplative joy conceit then falls away and austerity is dissolved in giving up the world one finds the larger and finer sea of the inner self
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WAY 11: The contemplative life is the good life. The external world is no fit habitat for man. It is too big, too cold, too pressing. Rather it is the life turned inward that is rewarding. The rich internal world of ideals, of sensitive feelings, of reverie, of self-knowledge is man's true home. By the cultivation of the self within, man alone becomes human. Only then does there arise deep sympathy with all that lives, an understanding of the suffering inherent in life, a realization of the futility of aggressive action, the attainment of contemplative joy. Conceit then falls away and austerity is dissolved. In giving up the world one finds the larger and finer sea of the inner self.
“WAY 11: The contemplative life is the good life. The external world is no fit habitat for man. It is too big, too cold, too pressing. Rather it is the life turned inward that is rewarding. The rich internal world of ideals, of sensitive feelings, of reverie, of self-knowledge is man's true home. By the cultivation of the self within, man alone becomes human. Only then does there arise deep sympathy with all that lives, an understanding of the suffering inherent in life, a realization of the futility of aggressive action, the attainment of contemplative joy. Conceit then falls away and austerity is dissolved. In giving up the world one finds the larger and finer sea of the inner self.”
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