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- The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't escape any of…
- The spiritual journey involves going beyond hope and fear, stepping into unknown territory, continually moving forward. The most important aspect of being on the spiritual…
- Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it's important is that, fundamentally, when we look into…
- Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are…
- Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the…
- It's said that when we die, the four elements - earth, air, fire and water - dissolve one by one, each into the other, and…
- Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as…
- We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that our spiritual practice…
- When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.
- The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval,we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness,we are practicing harshness.
- The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more…
- Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.
- When we practice generating compassion, we can expect to experience our fear of pain. Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allow…
- This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.
- Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with an…
- Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It allows us to…
- Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn't come from…
- You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that…
- We can put our whole heart into whatever we do; but if we freeze our attitude into for or against, we're setting ourselves up for…
- Every moment is incredibly unique and fresh, and when we drop into the moment, as meditation allows us to do, we learn how to truly…
- People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they…
- The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave…
- People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they…
- If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much…
- When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness…
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