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Newest Reality

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4. Your compassion and
Wed Feb 15, 2012, 12:36 PM
Feb 2012

depth of experience are acknowledged with relish.

While it is understood that you are not implying that the merit necessarily created the following benefits, dependent arising is worth noting in the sense of Jung's synchronicity where, rather than being called mere coincidence, the patterns are seen to be more obvious.

While accumulating merit is useful to our discovery and realization, we eventually give it away freely, anyway. In that sense, your story spreads the merit by way of the telling, for the rest of us and that is auspicious.

Thank you for sharing your inspirational story and may you be free from all suffering.

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hey GC, that's a sweet story. marasinghe Feb 2012 #1
Excellent story. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #2
Now that is a day spent well IMHO! YankeyMCC Feb 2012 #3
Your compassion and Newest Reality Feb 2012 #4
making merit is widely misunderstood grantcart Feb 2012 #5
well GC, what i say is .... marasinghe Feb 2012 #6
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