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“When you find it difficult to stop your mind while you are sitting and when you are still trying to stop your mind, this is the stage of “form is emptiness and emptiness is form.” \u00a0But while you are practicing in this dualistic way, more and more you will have oneness with your goal. \u00a0And when your practice becomes effortless, you can stop your mind. \u00a0This is the stage of “form is form and emptiness is emptiness.” \u00a0Here there is no dualism.”
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“When you find it difficult to stop your mind while you are sitting and when you are still trying to stop your mind, this is the stage of “form is emptiness and emptiness is form.” \u00a0But while you are practicing in this dualistic way, more and more you will have oneness with your goal. \u00a0And…<\/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-386","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-3.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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