Friday, July 3, 2009

Toltec Aphorism

WHAT YOU LOOK UPON AS BEING SO REAL IS NOT REAL AT ALL. IT IS ONLY REAL BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF. YOU LOOK AT A ROCK AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A REAL ROCK, JUST AS YOU LOOK AT A TREE AND THINK YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A REAL TREE. BUT WHAT IS A REAL ROCK? AND WHAT IS A REAL TREE? WHAT DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT ROCKS AND TREES, OTHER THAN HOW THEY FIT INTO YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD, AND THE VIEWS OF OTHERS?

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares

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