On the Mystery of Being Quotes

“From 'Lessons from the Body' chapter (page 129): In both cases, a profound healing of a near-lethal disease occurred following healing intentions from outsiders. In both instances, the healing intention was prayer, an endeavor whose main characteristics involve compassion, caring, and love, commonly offered from a distance. Evidence has surfaced over the past few decades suggesting that the physiology of humans and nonhumans can be modified by these interventions.

Whatever you call it, the bottom line is that the thoughts of one caring individual can positively influence a sick individual at a distance, even when the recipient is unaware of the effort. Distant healing has been demonstrated in scores of laboratory studies in the past few years, and systematic and meta-analyses affirm that the effect is real.”
― Zaya Benazzo, On the Mystery of Being: Contemporary Insights on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality

“From 'Be Blissful' chapter (page 40): A dual state is where your mind immediately separates you. You believe "That's a bad thing, that's a good thing," and then suddenly everything sucks.”
― Zaya Benazzo, On the Mystery of Being: Contemporary Insights on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality

“From 'Be Blissful' chapter (page 40): We are exactly the evolutionary place we need to be. Everything that happens to us is just what we need to learn, and nobody gets out of here just by dying. Dying wise means knowing that there is no death, that you just go on. When you have to give your body—which will happen to all of us, and has happened to us many, many times—you embrace a new one. And the new one is just as good and as a beautiful as your openness and generosity, and your ability to give yourself away.”
― Zaya Benazzo, On the Mystery of Being: Contemporary Insights on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality

“From 'Be Blissful' chapter (page 39-40): We think we are separate beings, sitting in our separate places. Of course, to each of us, our own self is the most important. That makes us paranoid, because we know other people don't agree with us. Not only do they not think we're the most important, they think they're the most important. This is samsara. This is the struggle of one against another, a losing battle.”
― Zaya Benazzo, On the Mystery of Being: Contemporary Insights on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality

“From 'Be Blissful' chapter (page 39): How do you become every being? You fall in love with every being.”
― Zaya Benazzo, On the Mystery of Being: Contemporary Insights on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality