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The light within glows strongest in the darkness.
“When you look for signs of progress in meditation, it is not helpful to look back six weeks, months, even last year. If you compare, say, to five years ago, ten years ago, then you see definite signs of change. And in the meantime, as you have experienced, there are many benefits.”
If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows, as surely as one’s shadow.’”
I marveled at the discovery of how, even when the world outside was in a state of tumult, by drawing attention to the present moment, we could experience an abiding serenity.
“When we think of other beings with compassion, this makes us happiest. When we consider how to help others avoid suffering and give them contentment, we, ourselves, are the first to benefit.”
“No matter how far we travel, we can never escape from ourselves,”
“To do this when a thought arises, we practice to acknowledge, accept, let go.”
“Same again. Acknowledge. Accept. Let go. You see, usually we’re thought-huggers.
“I can relate to that,” she said. “I have these thoughts that I know are just making me unhappy. But I keep returning to them.”
Even the most well-intentioned humans could sometimes get it so wrong!
“Sometimes it can take a shock, an outside event, to help us find our way to a more useful life.”
had come to see for myself that while I couldn’t change the world, I could change the way I experienced it.
I had learned that when I really paid close attention, when my mind was open and my senses acute, I was able
Mind training may be difficult. But sometimes . . .” He stroked my face. “Sometimes we catch a glimpse of a purpose much greater than ourselves. Then it all becomes worthwhile.”
