Life will bring you pain all by itself.
Your responsibility is to create joy
Milton Erikson, American Psychologist,
Tag: Stress Reduction
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The highest point of happiness is to wish to be what you already are
Desiderius Erasmus,
What needs to be let go
A short quote today from Andy Puddicombe, creator of the Headspace site, which does well in demystifying meditation and presenting it in a modern format. Some people have told me that they find their app a useful way of keeping their practice going, and in this modern age, technology can be sometimes helpful, even if its overall effect may be to fragment our capacity for attention. You may like to check it out here: http://www.getsomeheadspace.com/benefits-of-meditation.aspx
The journey to acceptance is about discovering what we need to let go of, rather than what we need to start doing. By noticing moments of resistance throughout the day, you can start to become more aware of what prevents acceptance from naturally arising. This in turn will allow you to view the thoughts and feelings that arise during your meditation with a much greater sense of ease.
Andy Puddicombe, Ten Tips for Living more Mindfully
Noticing the pictures
People think they’re not computers because they have feelings and computers don’t have feelings. But feelings are just having a picture on the screen in your head of what is going to happen tomorrow or next year, or what might have happened instead of what did happen, and if it is a happy picture they smile and if it is a sad picture they cry.
Mark Hadden, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
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Being with what arises and passes away
A wise person accompanies and welcomes all that happens,
both that which is arising and that which is dying…
This is why his joy is unconditional.
Fung Yu-Lan, Chinese Philosopher, 1895 – 1990
How we learn to be
You may wonder what the best approach is to helping society and how you can know that what you are doing is authentic and good. The only answer is nowness. The way to relax, or rest the mind in nowness, is through the practice of meditation. In meditation you take an unbiased approach. You let things be as they are, without judgment, and in that way you yourself learn to be.
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambala
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