We think that accomplishing things will complete us,
when it is experiencing life that will.
Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
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Tag: Mindfulness
In front of you
Your life is your practice. Your spiritual practice does not occur someplace other than in your life right now, and your life is nowhere other than where you are. You are looking for answers, insight, and wisdom that you already possess. Live the life in front of you, be the life you are, and see what you find out for yourself.
Karen Maezen Millar, Momma Zen, Walking the Crooked path of Motherhood
photo of pedestrian bridge over the Drac near near the Lac De Monteynard-Avignonet, France, by herby
Just passing clouds
The sun shines day after day without fail, yet if clouds appear to make the sky overcast, it can’t be seen. It still comes up in the east every morning and goes down in the west. The only difference is that you can’t see it because it’s hidden behind the clouds. The sun is your Original Mind, the clouds are your illusions. You are unaware of your Original Minds because they’re covered by illusions and can’t be seen. But you never lose them, not even when you go to sleep. The unborn Original Mind that your mothers have given you is thus always there, wonderfully clear and bright and illuminating.
Bankei
The way of letting things be
With no mind, flowers invite the butterfly;
With no mind, the butterfly visits the flowers.
Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes;
When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom.
I don’t know others, Others don’t know me.
By not-knowing we follow nature’s course.
Ryōkan Taigu, 1758 – 1831
As they are
Just be aware whether you are confused, indifferent, happy, sad, uncertain or whatever.
Be that which allows things to be what they are.
Just be the observer of whatever is. Right now my mood is “this”, “I feel this”..
Ajahn Sumedho
Sunday Quote: imperfections
Imperfection is not our personal problem
– it is a natural part of existing.
Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance
photo wingchi poon
