“When you got what you wanted, you experienced a brief absence of thoughts, and that is what made you feel happy. In that moment of wonderful peace, joy, or happiness, you experienced the present moment.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“Psychological thoughts are the ones that decide whether something is “good” or “bad”, and these are the thoughts that create our suffering.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“The ability to experience the awe of something simple arises in the moments when we have silence or space between our thoughts. It is… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“If we are waiting to be pain-free before we can finally be happy, we will likely be waiting for a long time.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“Perfect” doesn’t exist without “imperfect” because “perfect” isn’t “perfect” unless we have something to compare it against. We can’t think that someone is “pretty”… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“When we use our thoughts to make decisions, we often decide to stay in situations that we don’t enjoy because our thoughts make us… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“These scenarios demonstrate that when you believe someone’s words to be true, they create emotions. But when you don’t believe someone’s words, their words… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“When thoughts aren’t given any attention, they stop. This is an experience of the present moment.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“- No matter how “perfect” our circumstances are, they don’t change our thoughts about “bad” events from our past that create our sadness, guilt,… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“When we were young children (under six years old), before we learned most of our concepts of what is “perfect”, we had nothing to… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“Without our thoughts to create our unhappiness, we feel content right now.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“We consistently label people, actions, words, situations, and events as “bad”, “not good enough”, or “wrong”. We say, “She is annoying”, “She is boring”,… — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“Happiness is what remains when there are no thoughts to create our suffering.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“The reason is because fulfillment doesn’t come from receiving love; the feeling of happiness and completion we have always wanted comes from loving others.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
“If we don’t allow ourselves to acknowledge the thoughts that create our emotions, then we can’t address them.” — Noah Elkrief Copy Share Image
