“We enter a discipline like Zen practice so that we can learn to live in a sane way.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Discipline Copy Share Image
“But sitting is not something that we do for a year or two with the idea of mastering it. Sitting is something… — Charlotte Joko Beck Compassion for others Copy Share Image
“The best way to let go is to notice the thoughts as they come up and to acknowledge them.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Way Copy Share Image
“We all have to practice, and we have to practice with all of our might for the rest of our lives.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Life Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of thoughts. There is nothing wrong with thinking in the sense of what I call “technical thinking.” We… — Charlotte Joko Beck Psychology Copy Share Image
“Anxiety is always a gap between the way things are and the way we think they ought to be. Anxiety is something… — Charlotte Joko Beck Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Religion really means to rejoin that which seems to be separate.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Religion Copy Share Image
“We have a fictional “I” that we try to love and protect. We spend most of our life playing this futile game.… — Charlotte Joko Beck Life Copy Share Image
“If we can accept things just the way they are, we’re not going to be greatly upset by anything.” — Charlotte Joko Beck Way Copy Share Image
