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> [In building a path through the self to the far shore of awareness, we have to carefully pick our way through our own wilderness. If we can put our minds into a place of surrender, we will have an easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/in-building-a-path-through-the-self-to-the-far-shore-of-awareness-we/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

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## More by Mark Epstein

> [Anger is sign that something needs to change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/anger-is-sign-that-something-needs-to-change/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or a need,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/anxiety-and-desire-are-two-often-conflicting-orientations-to-the/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [“the Buddha may well have been the original psychoanalyst, or, at least, the first to use the mode of analytic inquiry that Freud was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/the-buddha-may-well-have-been-the-original-psychoanalyst-or-at-least/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They may never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/the-willingness-to-face-traumas-be-they-large-small-primitive-or/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [One of the age-old truths about love is that while it offers unparalleled opportunities for union and the lifting of ego boundaries, it also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/one-of-the-age-old-truths-about-love-is-that-while-it-offers/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [The central premise of this book is that the Western psychological notion of what it means to have a self is flawed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/the-central-premise-of-this-book-is-that-the-western-psychological/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [“In making a path like the Buddha, we discover our own capacities for relationship. Doing this is like feeling our way in the dark.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/in-making-a-path-like-the-buddha-we-discover-our-own-capacities-for/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [“The teaching of the sexual tantras all come down to one point. Although desire, of whatever shape or form, seeks completion, there is another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/the-teaching-of-the-sexual-tantras-all-come-down-to-one-point/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [The picture we present to ourselves of who we think we ought to be obscures who we really are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/the-picture-we-present-to-ourselves-of-who-we-think-we-ought-to-be/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [“A recently deceased American Zen master and navy veteran, John Daido Loori, used to say that those who think Buddhism is just about stillness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/a-recently-deceased-american-zen-master-and-navy-veteran-john-daido/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [“The early parent-child environment, the balance between being and doing, lives on in the mind. Mindfulness offers an opportunity to see these patterns clearly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/the-early-parent-child-environment-the-balance-between-being-and/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [If things do not exist as fixed, independent entities, then how can they die? Our notion of death as the sudden expiration of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/if-things-do-not-exist-as-fixed-independent-entities-then-how-can/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/there-is-a-yearning-that-is-as-spiritual-as-it-is-sensual-even-when/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [In building a path through the self to the far shore of awareness, we have to carefully pick our way through our own wilderness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/in-building-a-path-through-the-self-to-the-far-shore-of-awareness-we/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

> [“With some gratitude, I realized that my awareness was now stronger than my neurosis. This did not mean that things would never go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/with-some-gratitude-i-realized-that-my-awareness-was-now-stronger/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

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