Mystery presents itself to us in the mode of withdrawal, of silence, of distance
so that speaking about it, if that is to make sense,
always requires listening to its silence.
Karl Rahner
Tag: Life
Making friends
Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way. One of the major obstacles to what is traditionally called enlightenment is resentment, feeling cheated, holding a grudge about who you are, where you are, what you are. This is why we talk so much about making friends with ourselves, because, for some reason or other, we don’t feel that kind of satisfaction in a full and complete way. Meditation is a process of lightening up, of trusting the basic goodness of what we have and who we are, and of realizing that any wisdom that exists, exists in what we already have.
Pema Chodron, The wisdom of No Escape
Always right here
There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what is. If we do not return to that place, we live our lives out of our heads. We blame others; we complain; we feel sorry for ourselves. All of these symptoms show that we’re stuck in our thoughts. We’re out of touch with the open space that is always right here.
Charlotto Joko Beck, Nothing Special
Sunday Quote: Being quiet…
The greatest attainment in this life is to be silent
and let God work and speak within
Meister Eckhart, Sermon I
photo Richard Palmer
Feeling fear
The transformation of fear does not mean that we no longer have fearful responses.
It means that we no longer believe that those responses are who we are.
Ezra Bayda, Being Zen
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Our life as it is
After all our futile efforts to transform our ordinary minds into idealized minds, we discover the fundamental paradox of practice is that leaving everything alone is itself what is ultimately transformative.
Barry Magid
