Dismantling the ego, quieting the mind, isn't something you can actively undertake to do. It just happens on its own, when you consciously accept the moment you are in, when you don't fight the present reality with thoughts of how… — Jan Frazier Copy Share
Many spiritual seekers who say their wish is to awaken don't actually want what they believe they do. This becomes clear sometimes at the approach to the brink of what feels like a void, where the obliteration of the egoic self seems imminent. With a shocked recognition of what is being asked, the person will recoil. The scale of the… — Jan Frazier Copy Share
“being able to let go of hurting does not constitute a lack of compassion.” — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of knowledge, only one of them worth everything, only one of them not subject to opinion or degree or damage.… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
I used to think the reason I'd like to stop letting fear run my life was that it felt so bad to be afraid, and also that it was pointless - possibly wasted, if the feared thing never did materialize. But now that fear has packed its miserable bags and is running out the door, making slamming noises to call… — Jan Frazier Copy Share
Dismantling the ego, quieting the mind, isn't something you can actively undertake to do. It just happens on its own, when you consciously accept the moment you are in, when you don't fight the present reality with thoughts of how you'd like it to be otherwise, or what you're afraid the next moment might bring, when you don't resist with… — Jan Frazier Copy Share
I marvel now that it was not obvious how inextricable suffering and fear are. It was not until fear left that I noticed, slowly,… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
If you tell yourself there is a path you need to travel, that it will take time to get where you want to go-that… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
“There is a presence within you that has never suffered. It lives in joy that has no cause. It is who you most deeply… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
Remove the heavy clothing of your self-definition. You are not woman, you are not American, you are not son, you are not spiritual seeker,… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
