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
Patience
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our only problem
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
Through
When there is no way out, there is still always a way through. So don’t turn away from the pain.
Face it. Feel it fully. Feel it — don’t think about it! Express it if necessary, but don’t create a script in your mind around it. Give all your attention to the feeling, not to the person, event, or situation that seems to have caused it. Don’t let the mind use the pain to create a victim identity for yourself out of it. Feeling sorry for yourself and telling others your story will keep you stuck in suffering. Since it is impossible to get away from the feeling, the only possibility of change is to move into it; otherwise, nothing will shift. So give your complete attention to what you feel, and refrain from mentally labeling it.
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
Not always bad
“Not knowing is most intimate”.
It is a place of genuine meeting, where life is not obscured by our ideas about life. When you don’t know, you are free to discover. The mind that doesn’t know is open, curious, and ready for surprise. It doesn’t rush to conclusions or cling to old stories. Instead, it allows the world to speak in its own voice.
We often think of not knowing as a weakness, but it’s a kind of strength – a willingness to encounter reality without armor. When you admit you don’t know, you step into a space where something new can happen. This is where creativity begins, where love flowers, where the deepest insights arise.
John Tarrant, Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
How to be free
Freedom is not getting what you want;
it’s wanting what is here now.
Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special: Living Zen
Staying in bliss
The highest state you have ever experienced is the state of bliss – an expansive sense of oneness with all that is. You didn’t have to earn it. It was your natural state of being, and it came up inside of you when you weren’t blocking it.
The problem is that your mind is not interested in bliss. Your mind is interested in control, in security, in knowing. Bliss is not known – it is felt. It is beyond the mind. The mind cannot grasp it, so it resists it. It distracts you with thoughts, fears, and desires, pulling you away from the present moment where bliss resides.
If you want to remain in bliss, you must stop allowing the mind to dictate your experience. You must stop identifying with the voice in your head that says, ‘I need this’ or ‘I’m afraid of that.’ Bliss is already here. It is the energy of the universe flowing through you. But you must be willing to let go of the thoughts, the tensions, and the resistance that block it.
Michael Singer, The Untethered Soul
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