The moment you have the idea of becoming something, there is striving, there is effort, there is conflict.
But if you can simply observe what is without trying to change it, then there is a totally different kind of energy
– not the energy of resistance, but the energy of understanding.
Jiddu Krisnamurti, Freedom from the Known
The Buddha said that all conditions =
whether they are internal conditions, bodily conditions or external conditions –
are not self, their nature is to change.
Contemplate this truth until you see it clearly
Ajahn Chah, Our Real Home
Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm,
a wise person is not affected by praise or blame
The Dhammapada, 81
We are obsessed with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute. But as the poet William Stafford says, ‘The more you hurry, the more you feel like a stranger to your own life.’
The human soul does not want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed – to be seen, heard, and companioned exactly as it is.
Parker Palmer, On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Patience is a form of wisdom.
It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact
that sometimes things must unfold in their own time,
Jon Kabat Zinn
All that we are looking for in life – all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind – is right here in the present moment.
Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good.
The only problem is that we get so caught up in the ups and downs of life that we don’t take the time to pause and notice what we already have.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
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