Become at ease with the state of “not knowing.” This takes you beyond mind because the mind is always trying to conclude and interpret. It is afraid of not knowing. So, when you can be at ease with not knowing, you have already gone beyond the mind. A deeper knowing that is non-conceptual then arises out of that state.
Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks
My rule is this: Love your own tender self. Forgive yourself for being a flawed, imperfect, bumbling human. Shower yourself with warmth. And then extend that tenderness, and forgiveness, and warmth toward every flawed, imperfect, bumbling human who crosses your path today. Every day, increase the warmth toward self and others. See past your annoyance and your pride and your fear into the warm heart of the other. Warmth to warmth. And then watch what unfolds. It will blow your mind with its simplicity and its power.
Elizabeth Lesser
On those Mondays, when the day or the week ahead feels challenging, I like the Japanese phrase “Ikki no mei” (喜の明) — roughly translated as “one small reason to keep going.” It helps me focus on a single, simple moment or action: a cup of coffee, or offering a smile or kind greeting to a colleague — these “micro-meanings” become small anchors that guide me through the day.
Donne-nous aujourd’hui notre pain de ce jour
[French translation of the Our Father: Give us this day our bread for this day]
Knowing this, a wise person lives
the present moment, unshaken, unmoved.
Bhaddekaratta Sutta (MN 131)
It doesn’t get any simpler than this. Most of our stress arises when we live in abstraction – caught in memory, anticipation, worry, or self-story.
If you can taste the water you are drinking,
you are alright.
from the great Shunryu Suzuki roshi
Today, give yourself permission to be supported by something larger than personal strength. Suffering decreases when phenomena are allowed to move through rather than be contained.
Your body is holding all of this.
Give it to a bigger body.
Give it to the sky.
Jaiya John, author, poet, speaker
On this path, no effort is ever lost, nor can any harm come.
Even a little progress on this path is complete freedom from fear
Bhagavad Gita 2.40
Commentary by Gandhi: Even a little effort at selfless service saves one from the fear of being meaningless or useless.
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