One may explain water,
But the mouth will not get wet
Takuan Sōhō, 1573 – 1645 Zen Buddhist from the Rinzai school
Tag: Be fully present
Content where we are
We all want to be famous people,
and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
Jiddu Krisnamurti
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Calm in the storm
Some wisdom on the place of meditation and non-doing in overcoming the difficulties of each day, from one of the Desert Fathers, 3rd Century Christian monks in Egypt
Abba Pastor said
“Any challenge that comes to you
can be overcome by silence”
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Sunday Quote: Fully Living
It is not death that one should be afraid of,
but rather never beginning to live
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12.1.2
photo of sunrise at the Sugarloaf mountain, Wicklow, by rahulrana71
True potential
Calm in quiet times is not real calm:
When you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state of nature.
Happiness in time of comfort is not real happiness
When you can be happy in the midst of challenges, then you see the true potential of the mind.
Hanchu Daoren, Chinese philosopher, 1572 – 1620
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Make some time today for silence
Stop talking, Stop thinking
And there is nothing that you will not understand
Seng-Ts’an, Third Chinese Patriarch
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