Rather than going after these walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move closer to those walls. We touch them, and smell them and get to know them well. We become familiar with the strategies and beliefs we use to build these walls: what are the stories we tell ourselves? What repels me and what attracts me? Without calling what we see right or wrong, we simply look as objectively as we can. We can observe ourselves with humor, not getting overly serious, moralistic or uptight about the investigation. Year after year, we train in remaining open and receptive to whatever arises. Slowly, very slowly, the cracks in the walls seem to widen and, as if by magic, bodhichitta is able to flow freely.
Pema ChödrönTag: wisdom buddhism growth enlightenment
In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and squirm and our minds go far away. This can be so uncomfortable that we feel’s it’s impossible to stay. Yet this feeling can teach us not just about ourselves but what it is to be human…we really don’t want to stay with the nakedness of our present experience. It goes against the grain to stay present. These are the times when only gentleness and a sense of humor can give us the strength to settle down…so whenever we wander off, we gently encourage ourselves to “stay” and settle down. Are we experiencing restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees and throbbing back? Stay! What’s for lunch? Stay! I can’t stand this another minute! Stay!
Pema ChödrönTag: wisdom buddhism mindfulness meditation loving-kindness
The Buddha’s principal message that day was that holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Any conclusion that we draw must be let go. The only way to fully understand the bodhichitta teachings, the only way to practice them fully, is to abide in the unconditional openness of the prajna, patiently cutting through all our tendencies to hang on.
Pema ChödrönTag: wisdom buddhism spirituality enlightenment
The will of God, the creator and ruler of the universe, embraces all possible wills, His own as well as that of every man born into this world. If this is so, intervened Jesus with sudden insight, then each man is a part of God.
José SaramagoTag: wisdom
Each person you meet
is an aspect of yourself,
clamoring for love.
Tag: wisdom consciousness love poetry compassion empathy inspiration identity spiritual inspirational-quotes forgiveness reflection sympathy spirituality haiku self-awareness unity awareness meetings awakening oneness know-thyself wisdom-quotes
Always take a compliment, Caroline. Always take it for the way it was intended. You girls are always so quick to twist what others say. Simply say thank you and move on.
Alice ClaytonTag: wisdom compliments
Hekima ni ufunguo wa kufanya maamuzi mema kulingana na msingi wa maarifa ya Biblia.
Enock MaregesiTag: wisdom knowledge good key
Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you love, you’ll find there isn’t anything you won’t do.
Richelle MeadThen he realized: 'I, indeed, am this creation; for I have poured it forth from myself.' In that way he became this creation. And verily, he who knows this becomes in this creation a creator.
Brihadaranyaka UpanishadTag: wisdom consciousness truth reality identity philosophy god universe self spirituality creation unity awareness becoming awakening oneness know-thyself objective-and-subjective upanishad
Reality Sucks, I want my dreams back.
Sandra Chami KassisTag: wisdom life future reality people inspirational-quotes ambition dreams funny sarcasm-humor
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