Sunday, October 15, 2017
Via Daily Dharma: Learn When to Quit
Strange as it may seem, stopping is as much an important aspect of practice as starting.
—Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, “The Aim of Attention”
—Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, “The Aim of Attention”
Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - October 15, 2017
To
see through the veil of what our senses and thinking minds make real, to
the true self, feels often like the highest aspiration of humanity.
When we do this, it’s as if we find our rightful place in the order of
things. We begin to recognize a harmony that’s been waiting for us to
feel and once we do this, it’s not only for the life hereafter or some
abstract thing for later, it’s for now, and for the way in which we live
our lives day by day.
- Ram Dass -
Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - October 11, 2017
Being
peacefully in relationship to everything made me realize that my
happiness isn’t based on the situation being 'this way' or 'that way' –
my happiness is one which embraces my sadness, and my love is one which
embraces my own hate…
- Ram Dass -
Via Daily Dharma: Meditation Off the Cushion
When
I put so much stock in formal meditation, I forget that it’s only one
way of helping me see the magic that surrounds me and that is me.
—Barry Evans, “I Like It ...but Is It Meditation?”
—Barry Evans, “I Like It ...but Is It Meditation?”
Via Daily Dharma: Attention Reveals Connection
Paying
attention provides the gift of noticing and the gift of connecting. It
provides the gift of seeing a little bit of ourselves in others, and of
realizing that we’re not so awfully alone.
—Sharon Salzberg, “A More Complete Attention”
—Sharon Salzberg, “A More Complete Attention”
Via Daily Dharma: Everyone Has a Purpose
Each of us has something to do in this lifetime; we have to find out what it is and do it.
—Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, “No Excuses”
—Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, “No Excuses”
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Via Daily Dharma: Forgiving Yourself Be Done
One of the most difficult people to forgive can be yourself. Yet with patience and gentle determination, it can be done.
—Allan Lokos, “Lighten Your Load”
—Allan Lokos, “Lighten Your Load”
Via Daily Dharma: Resist the Mental Clock
Meditation
teaches us to be wary of allowing ideas of time to interfere with our
activity. Through experience, we discover how not to lose our self, but
instead to be fully engaged in the “doing” of whatever it is we decided
that we must do.
—Les Kaye, “The Time Is Now”
—Les Kaye, “The Time Is Now”
Via Daily Dharma: Let Go Strategically
The
key is not to grasp, or swim against the tide, but to go along and
allow the elements to balance. By skillfully and strategically letting
go, I can safely reach the shore.
—Kim Larrabee, “Drowning on My Cushion”
—Kim Larrabee, “Drowning on My Cushion”
Friday, October 6, 2017
Via Daily Dharma: Inner Simplicity
Our lives may be complicated on the outside, but we remain simple, easy, and open on the inside.
—Tsoknyi Rinpoche, “Allow for Space”
—Tsoknyi Rinpoche, “Allow for Space”
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Via 3 of 7 Daily Dharma: Maintain Clarity by Being Present
Confusion proliferates when we can’t stay present with whatever we encounter.
—Elizabeth Mattis, “Open Stillness”
—Elizabeth Mattis, “Open Stillness”
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - October 4, 2017
If
you want to be in a peaceful world, you damn well better be peaceful,
because if you are full of anger you are not going to bring about much
peace.
The qualities in yourself determine what qualities are in the world.
The qualities in yourself determine what qualities are in the world.
- Ram Dass -
Via Daily Dharma: Uncover Your Limiting Beliefs
The
moment you leave the circumstances you’ve grown accustomed to, you are
in foreign territory, and it’s easier to realize how much
narrow-mindedness you are carrying around, including all your opinions,
judgments, habits, and so on.
—Dawa Tarchin Phillips, “What to Do When You Don't Know What's Next”
—Dawa Tarchin Phillips, “What to Do When You Don't Know What's Next”
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Leonard Cohen - Leaving the Table
For more about Cohen’s life and his relationship to Zen Buddhism, read Pico Iyer’s “Leonard Cohen Burns, and We Burn With Him.”
Via Daily Dharma: Discipline Is Wedded to Joy
Without spiritual discipline we are never going to wake up or advance on our journey through this life. But our discipline must be wedded to joy, and we must find pleasure in the myriad wonders that this life offers.
—Joan Gattuso, “The Balancing Buddha”
—Joan Gattuso, “The Balancing Buddha”
Monday, October 2, 2017
Via Daily Dharma: The Heroes Within You
The
superheroes we need don’t come from faraway planets or live in secret
hideouts on remote islands. Our heroes must be summoned from within.
—Andrew Olendzki, “Guardians of the World”
—Andrew Olendzki, “Guardians of the World”
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Via Ram Dass: Words of Wisdom - October 1, 2017
What love has been for me has been the whole ‘heart’ part of my journey. I have gone from having special people that I loved and others that I hated to realizing that everybody I meet is the ‘beloved’ in drag. Everybody is ‘the one’ and my job is to see through the story line their mind is caught in, not to reject the story line, not to judge it, it’s not better or worse than my storyline. It’s about not getting caught in it, and being able to see what is behind it.
It’s behind the soul, and because we can’t talk about it, touch it, smell it, taste it, we tend to think it doesn’t exist, and yet here we are - that’s the beautiful perplexity of it all.
It’s behind the soul, and because we can’t talk about it, touch it, smell it, taste it, we tend to think it doesn’t exist, and yet here we are - that’s the beautiful perplexity of it all.
- Ram Dass -
Via Daily Dharma: Why You Must Accept Who You Are
Understanding
and accepting who you really are right now is as important as the
commitment to become someone more open and generous.
—Dale S. Wright, “The Bodhisattva's Gift”
—Dale S. Wright, “The Bodhisattva's Gift”
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