Consciousness Quote by Rick Hanson

“[I]f you can be with the pleasant without chasing after it, with the unpleasant without resisting it, and with the neutral without ignoring it…

— Rick Hanson

“inescapable physical or mental discomfort is the “first dart” of existence.”

— Rick Hanson

“The autobiographical self (D’Amasio 2000) incorporates the reflective self and some of the emotional self, and it provides the sense of “I” having a…

— Rick Hanson

“I once heard a Native American teaching story in which an elder, a grandmother, was asked what she had done to become so happy,…

— Rick Hanson

“Therefore, you can use your mind to change your brain to benefit your mind—and everyone else”

— Rick Hanson

“Whatever positive facts you find, bring a mindful awareness to them—open up to them and let them affect you. It’s like sitting down to…

— Rick Hanson

“Your brain is like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones.”

— Rick Hanson

“that suffering is the result of craving expressed through the Three Poisons: greed, hatred, and delusion.”

— Rick Hanson

“Strength is often quiet, receptive determination rather than chest-thumping pushiness.”

— Rick Hanson

“A person is a human body-mind as a whole, an autonomous and dynamic system that arises in dependence upon human culture and the natural…

— Rick Hanson

“First darts are unpleasant to be sure. But then we add our reactions to them. These reactions are “second darts”—the ones we throw ourselves.…

— Rick Hanson

“Letting go of ill will does not mean passivity, silence, or allowing yourself or others to be harmed. [...] There is plenty of room…

— Rick Hanson