If the Buddha Got Stuck Quotes

“Just bringing our full attention to what we are doing, and when we are done, we go home. But we are forever changed—while the performance is over, the music now lives within us.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path

“The task for staying unstuck is to stay unattached to the outcome and not look back with regret.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path

“Just as children thrive with loving kindness from a caregiver, so too we are sustained by friendship, spiritual nurture, and a sense of belonging throughout our lives. 34.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path

“If we allow ourselves to be exactly where we are in the moment—fully present, noticing whatever is happening inside us and outside us—we can trade in judgment, fear, and shame for curiosity and fascination. Through awareness we start easing our demands, expectations, rituals, and self-grasping. We”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path

“Some of the true signs of being unstuck are friendliness, lightheartedness, receptivity, and joy. It’s a friendliness born of aliveness, awe, and fascination. You become able to look kindly into the eyes of others without fear because there’s nothing in the way—no shame, judgments, secrets, or agitation. Authentic warmth and friendliness are hallmarks of people who are free in their hearts and in their lives.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path

“All we can do is step from one moment to the next, make our best decision with what we know, and breathe.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path

“When we can rest securely in our own world, and reach out into the tornado of other people’s worries and dramas, without falling in, we become a source of healing.”
― Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path