Desire is the memory of pleasure and fear is the memory of pain. Both make the mind restless. (...) (Nisargadatta Maharaj)

Desire is the memory of pleasure and fear is the memory of pain. Both make the mind restless. (...)

Nisargadatta Maharaj

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