Allan Lokos

“Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.”

— Allan Lokos

We all have issues and we have usually come by them honestly.

— Allan Lokos

“Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.”

— Allan Lokos

So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.

— Allan Lokos

“The experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception.”

— Allan Lokos

“Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer.”

— Allan Lokos

It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one feeling in need.

— Allan Lokos

“The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it.”

— Allan Lokos

You cannot control the results, only your actions.

— Allan Lokos

“Our greatest happiness comes from the experience of love & compassion.”

— Allan Lokos

“A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.”

— Allan Lokos

“Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.”

— Allan Lokos

“One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.”

— Allan Lokos

Patience lives in the gap between our experience of an event and our response to that experience.

— Allan Lokos

“Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.”

— Allan Lokos

“To forgive does not mean to condone.”

— Allan Lokos

“Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.”

— Allan Lokos

“Patience has all the time it needs.”

— Allan Lokos

“Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.”

— Allan Lokos

“Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy.”

— Allan Lokos

“Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.”

— Allan Lokos

“While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.”

— Allan Lokos

“We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the…

— Allan Lokos

“We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity.”

— Allan Lokos

“Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself.”

— Allan Lokos