neither mastery nor satisfaction can be found in the playing of any game without giving some attention to the relatively neglected skills of the inner game. This is the game that takes place in the mind of the player, and it is played
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“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
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“Reality is just too real for most of us, so we temper it with the mind.”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“When a problem is intractable and you cannot conceive of a solution to it, you will just have to live through it without a neat story about how it is to be solved.”
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
“If you are busy thinking that you should be kind, you might miss the reality that kindness is already present, in you.”
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
“We might believe that we are our thoughts and feelings, but our thoughts and feelings are objects in the world, just like tables and mirrors. We might have to negotiate with them at any time.”
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
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