“Religion really means to rejoin that which seems to be separate.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“We enter a discipline like Zen practice so that we can learn to live in a sane way.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“But sitting is not something that we do for a year or two with the idea of mastering it. Sitting is something we do for a lifetime. There is no end to the opening up that is possible for a human being. Eventually we see that we are the limitless, boundless ground of the universe. Our job for the rest… — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share
“The best way to let go is to notice the thoughts as they come up and to acknowledge them.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“We all have to practice, and we have to practice with all of our might for the rest of our lives.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of thoughts. There is nothing wrong with thinking in the sense of what I call “technical thinking.” We have to think in order to walk from here to the corner or to bake a cake or to solve a physics problem. That use of the mind is fine. It isn’t real or unreal; it is just… — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share
“Anxiety is always a gap between the way things are and the way we think they ought to be. Anxiety is something that stretches… — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“Religion really means to rejoin that which seems to be separate.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“We have a fictional “I” that we try to love and protect. We spend most of our life playing this futile game. “What will… — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“If we can accept things just the way they are, we’re not going to be greatly upset by anything.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
