{"id":383,"date":"2009-01-14T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/01\/heard-in-one-city-quote-of-the-day-2.html"},"modified":"2009-01-14T05:00:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T05:00:15","slug":"heard-in-one-city-quote-of-the-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/01\/heard-in-one-city-quote-of-the-day-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Heard in One City: Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The individual nature of our experience is caused by our pre-existing views and prejudices.\u00a0 We distort whatever information we receive by means of our sense organs, just as the suface of the lake is distorted by the elements.\u00a0 If we try to look into our mind when it is so agitated, we won’t see much.\u00a0 All we see is the surface chatter.\u00a0 However, if you were to take this mountain lake and allow the winds to calm down, the surface of the lake would eventually become still, like the surface of a mirror.\u00a0 It would then reflect its surroundings right down to the depths.\u00a0 We can see the fish, the water plants and the rocks at the bottom.\u00a0 We can see all those shining pebbles on the lake floor.\u00a0 These lakes are so clear, they look as though they are only a few inches deep, but if you throw in a pebble, it goes way down.\u00a0 Likewise, when our minds are no longer disturbed by the winds of the six senses, the mind calms down and becomes clear.
\n– Ani Tenzin Palmo, Reflections on a Mountain Lake, Teachings on Practical Buddhism<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The individual nature of our experience is caused by our pre-existing views and prejudices.\u00a0 We distort whatever information we receive by means of our sense organs, just as the suface of the lake is distorted by the elements.\u00a0 If we try to look into our mind when it is so agitated, we won’t see much.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-media"],"yoast_head":"\nHeard in One City: Quote of the Day - One City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/01\/heard-in-one-city-quote-of-the-day-2.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heard in One City: Quote of the Day - 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