Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.
If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
Dhammapada, Yamakavagga (Chapter on the Pairs)
If you are unable to find the truth right where you are,
where else do you expect to find it?
Dogen
Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present
Albert Camus, French philosopher, 1913 – 1960
Repetition is not failure. Ask the waves, ask the leaves, ask the wind. There is no expected pace for inner learning. What we need to learn comes when we need it, no matter how old or young, no matter how many times we have to start over, no matter how many times we have to learn the same lesson. We fall down as many times as we need to, to learn how to fall and get up…. No one really likes this, of course, but we deal with our dislike in the same way, again and again, until we learn what we need to know about the humility of acceptance.
Mark Nepo, Book of Awakening
Once we have learned to discern the real nature of both good and evil, we recognize that everything is broken and fallen, weak and poor, while still being the dwelling place of God – you and me, your country, your children, your churches, even your marriage. That is not a put-down, but finally a freedom to love imperfect things! As Jesus told the rich young man, “God alone is good!. In this, you may have been given the greatest recipe for happiness for the rest of your life.
You cannot wait for things to be totally perfect to fall in love with them or you will never love anything. Now, instead, you can love everything.
Richard Rohr
We usually take ourselves too seriously;
This is one way the self fools us.
Most of us understand that life is bigger than the little “me” that bars the way to ease, freedom, peace, confidence, faith and so on.
Ajahn Sundara, Seeing the Silliness of Me
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