Start Here Now Quotes

“If you’ve ever wished for a friend who would love you as you are, appreciate your genius, and make space for your foibles, welcome you when you’re funny and shiny and when you’re a complete mess—well, I can introduce you to this person. Rather, your meditation practice can. He or she has been there the whole time. You are the one you’ve been waiting for, as they say.”
― Susan Piver, Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation

“the Chilean psychiatrist and brilliant thinker Claudio Naranjo, said about music, “Only repetition invites spontaneous innovation,” and of course this is true of all the arts. You”
― Susan Piver, Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation

“The Buddhadharma is not, however, associated with the practice of being a candy-ass.”
― Susan Piver, Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation

“In addition, it has been demonstrated that meditation can help with the following: lowering blood pressure decreasing symptoms in illnesses with a stress-related component (ulcers, for example) decreasing serum cholesterol levels reducing muscular tension reducing oxygen and energy consumption improving sleep In short, it has been scientifically proven that meditation is awesome.”
― Susan Piver, Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation