Concept
Acceptance
Letting a fact be a fact. Not approval, not giving up — just stopping the argument with what has already happened.
22 passages · 9 traditions
Astrology
DivinationA divination practice
On Saturn transitsSaturn does not move quickly, and neither will this. When Saturn crosses a sensitive point in the chart it does not remove the difficulty; it slows everything down around it until the diffic…DivinationA divination practice
On the cardinal turnThe twelve signs are sorted three ways, and the one people meet last is mode. Four signs begin a season — Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn — and the tradition calls them cardinal. Four hold t…DivinationA divination practice
On the eighth houseThe eighth house is the one people flinch at when they first see a chart. It carries death, and inheritance, and everything held jointly rather than alone. Older texts simply called it the h…
Buddhist
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Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.48, “Things That Cannot Be Had”"Mendicants, there are five things that cannot be had by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world. What five? That someone liable to old age should not gro…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.6, “An Arrow”"Mendicants, an unlearned ordinary person feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. A learned noble disciple also feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. What, then, is the diffe…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.13, “With Cunda”"Sir, this novice Cunda says that Venerable Sāriputta has become fully quenched. This is his bowl and robe. Since I heard this, my body feels like it's drugged. I'm disorientated, and the te…
Christian
Confucian
Hindu
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Isa Upanishad, verse IAll this, whatsoever exists in the universe, should be covered by the Lord. Having renounced (the unreal), enjoy (the Real). Do not covet the wealth of any man.…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Isa Upanishad, verse IIIf one should desire to live in this world a hundred years, one should live performing Karma (righteous deeds). Thus thou mayest live; there is no other way. By doing this, Karma (the fruits…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Katha Upanishad, Part Second, verses I–IIYama said: The good is one thing and the pleasant another. These two, having different ends, bind a man. It is well with him who chooses the good. He who chooses the pleasant misses the true…
Jewish
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Pirke Avot 2:20–21"The day is short, the task is great, the laborers are sluggish, the reward is much, and the Master of the house is urgent." He also used to say, "It is not thy duty to complete the work, bu…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Pirke Avot 4:1Ben Zoma said, "Who is wise? He who learns from all men, as it is said, 'from all my teachers have I gotten understanding.' Who is mighty? He who controls his passions, as it is said, 'He th…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 3:1–8To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to…
Secular reflection
Stoic
PracticeAn instruction for practice
Enchiridion IVWhen you set about any action, remind yourself of what nature the action is. If you are going to bathe, represent to yourself the incidents usual in the bath—some persons pouring out, others…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion VIIIDemand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion XINever say of anything, "I have lost it," but, "I have restored it." Has your child died? It is restored. Has your wife died? She is restored. Has your estate been taken away? That likewise i…PracticeAn instruction for practice
Enchiridion XXILet death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain an abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.…
Taoist
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Tao Teh King, ch. 16The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we se…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Tao Teh King, ch. 44Or fame or life, Which do you hold more dear? Or life or wealth, To which would you adhere? Keep life and lose those other things; Keep them and lose your life:—which brings Sorrow and pain…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Tao Teh King, ch. 8The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which al…