“As we contemplate the enormous variety of factors that must come together to produce a specific sense of self, our attachment to this “I” we think we are begins to loosen. We become more willing to let go of the… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“As in other exercises my father taught me, the way to begin is to sit up straight, breathe normally, and gradually allow your mind… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“As my father explained after we’d finished, the point of the exercise was to recognize that there really is no difference between the mind… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“If you're determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“Our thoughts, emotions, and sensations are like waves rising and falling in an endless ocean of infinite possibility. The problem is that we've become… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“You can enjoy your perceptions without actively engaging them, looking at them in the same way you’d look at the objects you’d experience in… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“In so doing, we regain the innocent perspective most of us knew as children. Our hearts open up to others, like flowers blossoming. We… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“After a few years of asking some very pointed questions in public teachings and in private counseling sessions, I began to see that when… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“As we contemplate the enormous variety of factors that must come together to produce a specific sense of self, our attachment to this “I”… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“The habit of thinking that things exist “out there” in the world or “in here” is hard to give up, though. It means letting… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
