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“[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 - [...] that is an incredible [...] freedom.”
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
“Many of us live like dead people because we live without awareness. We carry our dead bodies with us and circulate throughout the world. We are pulled into the past or we are pulled forward into the future or we are caught by our projects or our despair and anger. We are not truly alive; we are not inhabited by awareness of the miracle of being alive.”
― No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
― No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
“Everything will be okay as soon as you
are okay with everything. And that’s the
only time everything will be okay.”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
are okay with everything. And that’s the
only time everything will be okay.”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.”
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is. It teaches the heart to be more accommodating, not by beating it into submission, but by making it clear that accommodation is a gratifying choice.”
― Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat with Sylvia Boorstein
― Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat with Sylvia Boorstein
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