This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as… — Brenda Shoshanna Blooming Copy Share Image
When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to… — Brenda Shoshanna Add Copy Share Image
We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it. — Brenda Shoshanna All kinds Copy Share Image
Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness. — Brenda Shoshanna Happiness Copy Share Image
Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs… — Brenda Shoshanna Different Copy Share Image
A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment. — Brenda Shoshanna Choices Copy Share Image
We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip… — Brenda Shoshanna Attention Copy Share Image
When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and… — Brenda Shoshanna Able Copy Share Image
If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost. — Brenda Shoshanna Eye Copy Share Image
Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a… — Brenda Shoshanna Anxiety Copy Share Image
Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action. — Brenda Shoshanna Action Copy Share Image
Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the… — Brenda Shoshanna Bases Copy Share Image
When we sit, we open our own treasure house. Rather than do this, however, most of us first seek to find the… — Brenda Shoshanna Approach Copy Share Image
“Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else.… — Brenda Shoshanna Accepting Copy Share Image
All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are. — Brenda Shoshanna Insight Copy Share Image
The facts of our lives, when we are able to know them, will free us from the torment we are in. When… — Brenda Shoshanna Able Copy Share Image
Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for… — Brenda Shoshanna Amazed Copy Share Image
Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you 'should' become. Find out who you are right now. — Brenda Shoshanna Asks Copy Share Image
Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of… — Brenda Shoshanna Attachment Copy Share Image
we learn the process of emptying out, cleaning house, both within and without. — Brenda Shoshanna Clean house Copy Share Image
All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad. — Brenda Shoshanna Judged Copy Share Image
God's guiding hand, the guiding Voice, resting lightly upon us is best felt and heard when we are silent and still. — Brenda Shoshanna Felt Copy Share Image
Do you have the patience to wait Till your mind settles And the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving Till the… — Brenda Shoshanna Actions quotes Copy Share Image
What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become. — Brenda Shoshanna Attention Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to expect all of our needs to be met by one person or in one relationship. Honor and… — Brenda Shoshanna Able Copy Share Image
