Transcend. Descend. Escape._019

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A handwritten journal entry with a printed quote from The Buddha and commentary by Eknath Easwaran, alongside personal reflections and notes.

Title: Transcend. Descend. Escape._019
Alternative Title: Transcend. Descend. Escape.
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2020-2021
Description: The image shows an open journal with a printed page on the left and handwritten notes on the right. The printed page contains a quote from The Buddha and a commentary by Eknath Easwaran. The handwritten notes include phrases such as "(not filled) with reading, walking, sleeping, cooking," "They were appreciated for their very un-filled-ness," "Kabir," "Shakespeare bio by Potter Ackroyd," "Hamnet," "Quiet times watching movies on TV with Kelly + the cats," and "Conversation Transcendence." The journal appears to be bound with a piece of cloth or fabric, and there is a yellow sticky note at the top of the right-hand page.
Identifier: 001_120220-022421_trascend_descend_escape_2
Dates Completed: December 2, 2020 - February 24, 2021
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Transcription: Printed Page:
Thought for the Day
Dec 20, 2020

Those who are good and pure in conduct are honored wherever they go. The good shine like the Himalayas, whose peaks glisten above the rest of the world even when seen from a distance.
The Buddha

Eknath Easwaran's Commentary
People who are good, kind, selfless, and hardworking for the welfare of others will be very deeply loved, very deeply respected wherever they go. It is a simple law of human nature that we love the highest. We want to be like such people, and we want to be part of the highest. We are drawn to the highest in human nature: when we see someone who is patient, kind, forgiving, and forbearing, we begin to trust him, to love her.

Such people have such a deep, loving concern for us that they will block our way when we are going astray. They will point out, very sweetly, very tenderly, when we are on the wrong path, and then they will support us and help us to change our direction. This is the role of the spiritual teacher, the person we can trust to stand in our way when we aren't strong enough, wise enough to make the right choice.

Handwritten Notes:
(not filled) with
reading, walking,
sleeping, cooking.
They were appreciated
for their very un-filled-ness.
Kabir.
Shakespeare bio by
Potter Ackroyd.
Hamnet
Quiet times watching
movies on TV
with Kelly + the
cats.
Conversation
Transcendence
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Is Part Of: Transcend. Descend. Escape
Relation: Image Gallery