Tag: Present moment

Having time to notice

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The whole of life lies in the verb seeing

Teilhard de Chardin

Being content with the ordinary

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The breath is not something that we create or imagine; it is a natural process of our bodies that continues as long as life lasts, whether we concentrate on it or not. So it is an object that is always present; we can turn to it at any time. We don’t have to have any qualifications to watch our breath. We do not even need to be particularly intelligent — all we have to do is to be content with, and aware of, one inhalation and exhalation.

Wisdom does not come from studying great theories and philosophies, but from observing the ordinary.

Ajahn Sumedho, Now is the Knowing

Underneath it all, something is coming to birth

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Someone sits wakeful through the dark night,

thinking of some way to find the day.

Though they do not know how to get there,

still, in waiting for daylight,

the day approaches.

Rumi

Dramas

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All delusions begin in the mind

All delusions are based on various ways we’re talking to ourselves

and then believing what we are saying.

Adyashanti

Whatever

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If you remember nothing else, always remember this one great secret of spiritual practice: we don’t have to feel any particular way. We don’t have to have special experiences, nor do we have to be any particular way. With whatever arises, whether it’s pleasing or not, try to remember that all we can do is experience and work with whatever our life is right now. No matter what life is and no matter how we feel about it, all that matters in practice is whether we can honestly acknowledge what is going on, and then stay present with the physical experience of that moment.

Ezra Bayda, Zen Heart

Ordinary everyday wisdom: The grass is green

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We have to be patient with ourselves. Over and over again we think we need to be somewhere else, and we must find the truth right here, right now; we must find our joy here, now. How seductive it is, the thought of tomorrow. We must find our understanding here. We must find it here; it is always here; this is where the grass is green.

 John Tarrant, Calling on the name of Avalokiteshvara