Do not force things…. Can you afford to be careless?
So then, flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free; stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
David H. Rosen, The Tao of Jung: The Way of Integrity
Complaining and reactivity are the favourite mind patterns through which the ego strengthens itself. For many people, a large part of their mental-emotional activity consists of complaining and reacting against this or that. By doing this, you make others or a situation “wrong” and yourself “right.” Through being “right,” you feel superior, and through feeling superior, you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.
Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks
Having the capacity to be still
means stop interfering with what’s happening.
Adyashanti
Let your mind and heart release all that disturbs you.
Let your body be still, and all the frettings of your body, and all that surrounds it.
Let the earth and sea and air be still, and heaven itself;
and then think of spirit as streaming, pouring, rushing, and shining
into you, through you, and out from you in all directions while you sit quiet.
Eric Buttermore’s paraphrase of Plotinus, In the Flow of Life
Our daily efforts and failings. And all the while, there is beauty around us
I write, erase, rewrite,
Erase again, and then
A poppy blooms
Hokushi, 1603-1868, Japanese haiku poet.
Today I pass the time reading
a favorite haiku,
saying the few words over and over.
It feels like eating
the same small, perfect grape
again and again.
Billy Collins, PIcnic, Lightning [excerpt]
Suzuki Roshi once said about questioning our life, our purpose, “It’s like putting a horse on top of a horse and then climbing on and trying to ride. Riding a horse by itself is hard enough. Why add another horse? Then it’s impossible”
We add that extra horse when we constantly question ourselves rather than just live out our lives, and be who we are at every moment.
Natalie Goldberg, Long Quiet Highway.
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