Tag: balance

Light and shade….

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The Full Moon is more beautiful

when partially obscured by clouds.

Murata Shuko

Content with enough

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If you have one pot

And can make your tea in it

That will do quite well.

How much he is missing

Who must have a lot of things.

Sen no  Rikyu, 1522 – 1591, Japanese tea master

Nothing lasts long

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You never actually become anything for very long.  Sure, you seem to go through periods of agitation and tension, but with practice there are periods of joy and humour – and as you get more skilled in attending to the mind, the habit of holding on to particular states loosens up. You find yourself identifying with this or that state less and less; and that reduces the stress and turmoil.

Seen like this, human life is a great opportunity. We can always act skilfully
and cultivate the mind; we can always move towards goodness, happiness and liberation.
Ajahn Sucitto, Kamma and non Kamma

How we see

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The mind is the source of all experience,

and by changing the direction of the mind,

we can change the quality of everything we experience

Yongey Mingpur Rinpoche

……what nourishes

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Only the kernel of every object nourishes;
Where is he who tears off the husks for you and me?

Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road

Making space to see….

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In silence, we learn to make distinctions. Those who fly silence, fly also from distinctions. [The person]….who loves …silence ..fears the noise that takes the sharp edge off every experience of reality. He avoids the unending movement that blurs all beings together into a crowd of undistinguishable things.

Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island