Let go of control
and find refuge in the body’s immediate present sensory field.
When the mind relaxes its grip,
the body models sustained attention.
The body leads the way
It’s a great relief for the mind, in fact
Willa Blythe Baker
Our minds can’t accept the fundamental genuineness and all-rightness of our lives.
We are actually very resistant to this reality.
We hate it because it is too simple, and we persistently think we need more.
Norman Fischer
When the mind is calm, it’s like a an ocean that’s calm
the wind is still, the boat is not rocking
the water is clear, and the air wide open
Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo, 1907 – 1961
Free yourself from the illusion of good and bad days.
Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and demanding of the future.
There is only here and now.
Let it be.
Ram Dass
It is good, every once in a while
to let ourselves be stupefied by gratitude
to cast upon ourselves a spell against indifference
by moving through the world with an inner bow
at every littlest thing that prevailed
over the odds of otherwise in order to exist
Maria Popova
It’s about being embodied, being with the primary experience of being alive, rather than with the nervous energy of our daily and kammic functions.
When there is embodied security and confidence, the breathing-energy will carry that message through the entire body. It’s about simplifying and getting to the roots of what you’re experiencing. Notice how triggering and conditioning occur.
Learn to calm these saṅkhārā by referring to them directly: not so much ‘They don’t like me’ but ‘agitation and uncertainty’. Translate ‘I should be’ and ‘I ought to do’ into ‘pressure’. Then you can contain these activating effects in your entire body (widen attention to include feet and back) and through mindfully relaxing, release them
Remember: there’s nothing wrong with you.
Ajahn Sucitto
