Even the briefest moment of silence is both
a way of coming into the present
and a way of moving on.
Jon Kabat Zinn
Even a brief moment
Tag: Awareness
Already there
Choiceless awareness is a quality of mind that is free from making judgments, decisions or generating commentary as it meets with sense experiences. It is a mind that responds to each new moment without the burden of its past history or of making future projections. When the mind no longer clings anywhere, not even to the idea of not clinging anywhere, we realize, either suddenly or gradually, that we truly already are that for which we have been searching
Matthew Flickstein, Meditation teacher, Cultivating Choiceless Awareness
Sunday Quote: Be silent
Be silent
only the hand of God can remove the burdens of the heart
Rumi
A burning patience
Lastly, I wish to say to the people of good will, to the workers, to the poets: The whole future has been expressed in this line by Rimbaud: “Only with a burning patience can we conquer the splendid City which will give light, justice and dignity to all mankind“
Pablo Neruda, 1904 – 1973, Chilean poet
Tolerance
People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness.
Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
The Dalai Lama
Not more, but less
When we seek happiness through accumulation, either outside of ourselves-from other people, relationships, or material goods-or from our own self-development, we are missing the essential point. In either case we are trying to find completion.
Completion comes, not from adding another piece to ourselves,
but from surrendering our ideas of perfection
Mark Epstein, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective
