When you pose a question, you are simply asking for what comes to mind spontaneously as a response. Likewise, in reply I only state whatever comes to mind at that very moment. It is a spontaneous exchange. Apart from this, there is no true dialogue.

17th Karmapa

from the book The Future Is Now: Timely Advice for Creating a Better World

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Further quotes from the book The Future Is Now:

• Lighten up
• Guidance on the own path
• Why not support others
• Serving the common interest
• Impermanence
• How to decide
• Reactions
• Our impact on the world
• Advice
• Experiences
• Assessing a religion
• Coexisting in delicate balance
• Use your brain
• Using discernment
• Be your own guide
• Friends
• Investigation
• True peace
• Intelligence