Tag: Meditation

You may say, “I must do something this afternoon,” but actually there is no “this afternoon.”

We do things one after the other.

That is all.

Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Breathing

This is why mindfulness of the Body is the foundation of all

From the body’s viewpoint, safety and danger are neither situational nor based on cognitive feelings.

Rather, they are physical, visceral sensations. The body either has a sense of safety or it doesn’t.

If it doesn’t, it will do almost anything to establish or recover that sense of safety.

Resmaa Manakem, My Grandmother’s Hands

Try to live simply.

A simple lifestyle freely chosen is a source of strength

Quaker Faith and Practice, Advices and Queries, 41

For today: gather yourself in the heart instead of scattering yourself among your problems.

The heart-mind grounds the body.…

When the heart-mind is settled and our energy (qi) gathers there and is not scattered,

the body’s energies work together harmoniously,

and the body remains free from suffering.

Dong Zhongshu, 179 BC – 104 BC, .Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals

The heart [citta] is a sympathetic awareness,

and it takes on the energies of what you give attention to.

Bury yourself in media, and you absorb that buzzy and stimulated energy – to the point that the mind can barely function without stimulation.

On the other hand, if you attend to steady, bright energy in the body, your awareness becomes steady and bright.

This is crucial: meditation allows the heart feel good,without force or stimulation.

Ajahn Sucitto