Someone once told Picasso that he ought to make pictures of things the way they are - objective pictures. When Picasso said he did not understand, the man produced a picture of his wife and said, "There, you see, that is a picture of how she really is." Picasso looked at it and said, "She’s rather small, isn’t she? And flat?"
This is a willingness to discover what is so, without imitation or without following the wisdom of others. We must see things for ourselves. There isn't just one way of practice or one fine spiritual traditionn, but there are many ways. Spiritual life is not about adopting any one particular philosophy or set of beliefs or teachings, that it is not a cause for taking a stand in opposition to someone else or something else. Jack Kornfield
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