Spinning around Quotes by Joko Beck

Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.

— Joko Beck

If I were to tell you that your life is already perfect, whole, and complete just as it is, you would think I was…

— Joko Beck

We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we…

— Joko Beck

We are just living this moment; we don't have to live 150,000 moments at once. We are only living one. That's why I say…

— Joko Beck

Practice can be stated very simply. It is moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself…

— Joko Beck

We have to face the pain we have been running from. In fact, we need to learn to rest in it and let its…

— Joko Beck

There is one thing in life that you can always rely on: life being as it is.

— Joko Beck

You cannot avoid paradise. You can only avoid seeking it.

— Joko Beck

But opinions, judgments, memories, dreaming about the future—ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality.

— Joko Beck

My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying…

— Joko Beck

An old Zen rule of thumb is not to answer until one has been asked three times.

— Joko Beck

In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.

— Joko Beck

We 'rid ourselves of conceptual thought' when, by persistent observation, we recognize the unreality of our self-centered thoughts. Then we can remain dispassionate and…

— Joko Beck

None of us would choose to be Sisyphus; yet in a sense, we all are.

— Joko Beck

All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The…

— Joko Beck