If you are able to put a stop to the mentality
in which every thought is running after something,
then you would be no different from a Zen Master or a Buddha.
Lin-chi, died 866, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk and teacher
running after something
Author: Karl Duffy
This is a Mindfulness Practice Blog written in Laois, Ireland, containing reflections on meditation practice, psychological growth, spirituality and wellness which hopefully may encourage and benefit others as they reflect on their lives and seek to develop a more balanced, mindful and conscious approach to it.
A prayer for a new year
May we all grow in grace and peace,
and not neglect the silence that is printed
in the centre of our being.
It will not fail us.
Thomas Merton
Wipe the map clean
Most people move through the world following signs made by others (who had no idea what they were doing).
To find your destiny, wipe the map clean.
Then chart your own course by your heart’s magnetic pull toward true north.
Martha Beck
the best resolution
We need solitude because we are addicted to being seen, to being heard, to being known, to achieving something in the presence of others
Solitude exposes our false self – the self that is defined by productivity and the need for approval
Ruth Haley Barton, Invitation to Solitude and Silence
Go well
The traveller sees what he sees.
The tourist sees what he has come to see.
G.K. Chesterton
Sunday Quote: The biggest fault
The fool,
with all his other faults, has this also,
he is always getting ready to live.
Seneca, quoting Epicurus in Letters from a Stoic
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