Could human life’s central task be a matter of consciously discovering and becoming who we already are and somehow unconsciously know?
I believe so.
Life is not a matter of creating a special name for ourselves, but of uncovering the name we have always had
Richard Rohr
A river grows wider the farther it flows,
and its water is never the same as before.
So too the soul: it expands as it travels,
Though to your eyes, it wears the same name.
Rumi, Masnavi III, 1400-1402
So many of us live with an underlying sense that we are not enough.
We believe that if only we were smarter, more disciplined, or more lovable, we’d finally be at peace.
Yet the real prison is not our imperfections, but the belief that we should be perfect.
Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance
The key to freedom is realizing that you are not your thoughts or emotions. You are the witness to them.
When you stop identifying with them, you stop being disturbed by them, and your natural peace and bliss emerge
Michael Singer — The Untethered Soul
Adapt the pace of nature;
her secret is patience
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s easy to identify with all the places we’ve been hurt and abandoned, but can we identify with the timeless wholeness that weathers every condition?
If we can’t, we may spend this life protecting ourselves and never really risk really living
Sensei Bonnie Myotai Treace,
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