Our minds can’t accept the fundamental genuineness and all-rightness of our lives.
We are actually very resistant to this reality.
We hate it because it is too simple, and we persistently think we need more.
Norman Fischer
our basic goodness
calm
When the mind is calm, it’s like a an ocean that’s calm
the wind is still, the boat is not rocking
the water is clear, and the air wide open
Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo, 1907 – 1961
Let it be
Free yourself from the illusion of good and bad days.
Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and demanding of the future.
There is only here and now.
Let it be.
Ram Dass
An inner bow
It is good, every once in a while
to let ourselves be stupefied by gratitude
to cast upon ourselves a spell against indifference
by moving through the world with an inner bow
at every littlest thing that prevailed
over the odds of otherwise in order to exist
Maria Popova
Sunday Quote: Filled with awe
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.
Pope Francis, Laudato Si
The Serenity that is Always Here
There is a full moon this evening – the Harvest Moon.
The moon here represents our original mind: luminous, complete and unstained, not disturbed by fear or by having to explain itself. The lake is our ordinary everyday experience, which can get agitated by worries and anticipations. When stirred, the moon seems fragmented. When we are still and at ease, the water becomes clear and the moon is revealed, an indescribable and serene completeness.
吾心似秋月，
碧潭清皎潔。
My heart-mind is like the autumn moon,
in a clear and bright jade-green lake.
Nothing can compare with it
– how can I explain it in words?
Hanshanzi, Chinese Buddhist monk, poet, and spiritual writer
