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> [“One of the main tools for entering into the vivid immediacy of quiet mind is "not knowing." Ordinarily, our minds are filled with all kinds of opinions about who we are, what we are doing, what is important and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/one-of-the-main-tools-for-entering-into-the-vivid-immediacy-of-quiet/)

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## More by Don Richard Riso

> [“Generally speaking, 99 percent of the time life is benign and supportive. The ego leads us to fixate on the 1 percent when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/generally-speaking-99-percent-of-the-time-life-is-benign-and/)

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> [In fact, life is our greatest teacher. Whatever we are doing can be instructive, whether we are at the office, or talking to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/in-fact-life-is-our-greatest-teacher-whatever-we-are-doing-can-be/)

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> [“Reconnecting means opening up to whatever part of our experience we were not previously allowing in . . . If our problem has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/reconnecting-means-opening-up-to-whatever-part-of-our-experience-we/)

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> [“Self-acceptance is a way of viewing oneself compassionately, without condemnation or justification. It is a starting point in life which makes other things possible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/self-acceptance-is-a-way-of-viewing-oneself-compassionately-without/)

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> [If we observe ourselves truthfully and non-judgmentally, seeing the mechanisms of our personality in action, we can wake up, and our lives can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/if-we-observe-ourselves-truthfully-and-non-judgmentally-seeing-the/)

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> [“One of the most important elements of spiritual progress is a willingness and ability to let go of the past, and this inevitably means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/one-of-the-most-important-elements-of-spiritual-progress-is-a/)

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> [“One of the ego's main defenses against doing so (experiencing our Essence)is the belief that spirituality is something rarefied, impractical, and very far away.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/one-of-the-ego-s-main-defenses-against-doing-so-experiencing-our/)

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> [“As I turned my head and looked out the window, I saw that everything around me was glowing from within. The sunlight on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/as-i-turned-my-head-and-looked-out-the-window-i-saw-that-everything/)

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> [“The process of transforming the heart can be difficult because as we open it, we inevitably encounter our own pain and become more aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/the-process-of-transforming-the-heart-can-be-difficult-because-as-we/)

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> [“The body is extremely important for Inner Work, because it is a reliable reality check in ways that our minds and emotions (the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/the-body-is-extremely-important-for-inner-work-because-it-is-a/)

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> [ “\[T\]he Enneagram is, at its most abstract, a universal mandala of the self—a symbol of each of us.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/t-he-enneagram-is-at-its-most-abstract-a-universal-mandala-of-the/)

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> [“The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by transcending ourselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/the-testimony-of-the-greatest-humans-who-have-ever-lived-is-that-the/)

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> [“The superego is the inner voice that is always putting us down for not living up to certain standards or rewarding our ego when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/the-superego-is-the-inner-voice-that-is-always-putting-us-down-for/)

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> [“One of the main tools for entering into the vivid immediacy of quiet mind is "not knowing." Ordinarily, our minds are filled with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/one-of-the-main-tools-for-entering-into-the-vivid-immediacy-of-quiet/)

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> [One of the great dangers of transformational work is that the ego attempts to sidestep deep psychological work by leaping into the transcendent too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/one-of-the-great-dangers-of-transformational-work-is-that-the-ego/)

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