“Our entire purpose is to solve the ultimate problems of existence. The task of the meditators and the mindfulness advocates is to… — Jack Tanner Copy Share Image
“Like other animals, humans have the inherent ability to heal and find balance. We don’t need books, or teachers, or fancy diets.… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“Contrary to popular belief, the translation of vinyasa is not “sweaty practice.” Vinyasa is connecting breath and movement—a practice that has nothing… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Lao Tze's vision is compatible with the Positive Paradigm of Change. In fact, placing the language of his passages into the levels… — Patricia E. West Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness works like a vaccine, boosting natural resilience. You undertake practices that can initially feel odd or counterintuitive. You practise in safe,… — Meg Salter Copy Share Image
“ What is Required by Paul Allen (fragment) 1 All elsewhere being World, how many times have I stood in the bright… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
“Meditation on the self is the highest form of true method-less meditation, for it brings self-awareness – which is beyond the everyday… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“There are an incalculable—even infinite—number of situations in which we can practice forgiveness. Expecting it to be a singular action—motivated by the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Global citizenship means simply being willing to focus on the game, to notice the world and the people in it. It does… — Holly Sprink Copy Share Image
“Slip from the state of mindfulness and, before you know it, the first thought will appear. The bloom of the first poppy… — Lidija Stankovikj Copy Share Image
“Time is an illusion created by the ego for the sole purpose of denying the unbreakable bond between cause and effect. Mindfulness… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“I desire to establish a profound state of peacefulness, an imperturbable stillness of mind, an unconditioned mode of being that is free… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Dr. Kristin Neff is a researcher and professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She runs the Self-Compassion Research Lab, where… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Some of us live in the future, Connected to hurts from our past, If tomorrow is colored by bitter regret, Then today… — J.A. Conner Copy Share Image
“The point is not to resist painful experiences or grasp at pleasant ones: that's a kind of craving - and craving leads… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“I believe that the Earth is the most likely place for love to flourish. We are surrounded by life and beauty, and… — Ron Kurtz Copy Share Image
“Practicing mindfulness can seem abstract at first. It certainly was to me. But what I’ve learned is that when we use the… — Jor-El Caraballo Copy Share Image
“WHY PARADIGMS MATTER Ideas drive results. People's beliefs drive their actions. Actions that stem from a simple, complete and accurate paradigm result… — Patricia E. West Copy Share Image
“Silence—true silence is universal. It is the profound stillness at the center of everything, at the center of every relationship—at the center… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is an invitation to change that pattern and to become aware of where we are and how we got here. Mindfulness… — Maia Duerr Copy Share Image
“When anger manifests in us, we must recognize and accept that anger is there and that it needs to be tended to.… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The Happiest Man in The World The French interpreter for the 14th Dalai Lama, former academic and dedicated meditator Matthieu Ricard, came… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
Reading is a gymnasium for the imagination where people can work out, get ready for the shocks of existence. [...] For me,… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on… — James Baraz Copy Share Image
Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“The immense distance between God and humanity is the indispensable backdrop to a Christian idea of revelation. To reduce God to the… — A.J. Conyers Copy Share Image
But what after all, behind appearances, is this seeming mystery? We can see that it is the Consciousness which had lost itself… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Dorothy tries to sum it all up before leaving Oz. "It's that if ever I go looking for my heart's desire again,… — Joey Green Copy Share Image
Metaphor is our mental root of imagination and language. Arnold Kozak offers fertile metaphors for growing your knowledge of the Buddhadharma. If… — Polly Young-Eisendrath Copy Share Image
Most people sabotage themselves because they aren't mindful in the moment. Let your daily actions be governed by your goals & dreams.… — Jillian Michaels Copy Share Image
“There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
“The guilt you felt when you were smiling and others were suffering, the guilt you felt when you were petty with friends… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“The central feature of the practice of meditation and hard work known as Zen is that, as Matthiessen says, it “has no… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“Mountain’s realization comes through the details of the breath, mountain appears in each step. Mountain then lives inside our bones, inside our… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“The term satipaṭṭhāna can be explained as a compound of sati , "mindfulness" or "awareness", and upaṭṭhāna , with the u of… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“My advice is: Don't let anyone step all over you, but don't hang on to resentment, either. With the practice of mindfulness,… — Ian Tuhovsky Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness” is the purest mindlessness. It is the great and perverse desire to annihilate consciousness and exist in an eternal now of… — Jack Tanner Copy Share Image
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