Don’t be so loyal to your mind; the mind is not loyal to You.

You have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present.

Be aware of yourself without thinking or looking in the mirror

There are two ways to wash dishes: One is to wash them in order to make them clean; the other is to wash them in order to wash them.

what is not true does not exist in this moment.

Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.

Unconditional Love is the outer expression of Inner Peace.

So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.

Feeling good about yourself is the best sleeping pill of all.

Stress, burnout and strain on the human heart are all increasingly taking their toll for millions of hardworking people. However, even someone who is working in a job that simply ‘pays the bills’ can turn...

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.

As those of you with children know, rational parenting is like the Loch Ness Monster. We all hope it’s out there somewhere, but we don’t know anyone who has actually discovered it (and if we...

To be mindful of social phenomena is thus to identify more clearly hatred, greed, and delusion as well as the seeds of wisdom and compassion both around us and in us. (p. 52)

Positive thoughts help us construct a positive life, one thought at a time.

The path of awakening”All of your past selves are walking behind you,like a shadow, waiting for you to awaken fully.Waiting for you to return home. To the Oneness. To love, wisdom, silence and compassion.The child...

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

My foot slips on a narrow ledge; in that split second, as needles of fear pierce heart and temples, eternity intersects with present time. Thought and action are not different, and stone, air, ice, sun,...

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.

There is nothing passive about mindfulness. One might even say that it expresses a specific kind of passion—a passion for discerning what is subjectively real in every moment. It is a mode of cognition that...

Sonnets To Orpheus, Part Two, XIIWant the change. Be inspired by the flamewhere everything shines as it disappears.The artist, when sketching, loves nothing so muchas the curve of the body as it turns away.What locks...

The leaves that remain are only a very small part of the tea. The tea that goes into me is a much bigger part of the tea. It is the richest part.We are the same;...

When emotions turn and stay sour, when thoughts become cynical and judgmental, good and compassionate treatment is on the line. Helpers who become sour and cynical tend to begrudge their high need clients for their...

Choiceless awareness – at every moment and in all the circumstances of life – is the only effective meditation.

Everyone’s life changes when they meet their Obi-Wan & their Yoda, or their Morpheus & their Oracle; those who help remove the veil.

When life throws difficulties at us and the mind is restless, emotional resilience will see us through challenging times. We can work through tempestuous emotions and self-doubt and come through them unharmed and avoid self-sabotage...

In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do not tell a birch tree it should be more like an elm. We face it...

Another thing I’ve been trying to do on my walks is to know what I’m looking at, when I’m looking at it. I want to be smart. When I walk down the sidewalk I see...

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

A person’s Acts of #Kindness far outlives their lifespan,for they leave behind a true, meaningful legacy.

not every breakfast needs to be something worthy of posting to a food blog. Sometimes food is simply fuel, something we eat to live. But with TV ads and billboards and in-store displays saying otherwise—in...

You are not your thoughts; you are aware of your thoughts. You are not your emotions; you feelemotions. You are not your body; you look at it in the mirror and experience this world through...

It starts with a single breath and the present moment, but where it takes you is into the vast radiance of your true nature, into a magical, spacious life.

When we experience dissatisfaction at work, which everyone does we can use our disappointment as fuel to wake up.

There are ultimately two choices in life: to fight it or to embrace it. If you fight it you will lose – if you embrace it you become one with it and you’ll be lived.

It stands to reason that anyone who learns to live well will die well. The skills are the same: being present in the moment, and humble, and brave, and keeping a sense of humor. (361)

If I don’t understand you, I may be angry at you, all the time. We are not capable of understanding each other, and that is the main source of human suffering.

A healthy mind observes and questions itself. This is the path to inner peace and happiness. Don’t believe everything you think.

Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts.

You actions are your only true belongings.

When the weeks have built up with frustration and immense stress and one of your co-workers, a manager or an employee triggers irritation or angers you, knowing how to respond in a mindful way can...

Praise be to God that hope is much more than how we feel on a given day. It exists outside of us; it is an entity in itself.

I would like to ofer some exercises that can help us use the Five Precepts to cultivate and strengthen mindfulness. It is best to choose one of these exercises and work with it meticulously for...

If you could possibly understand how precious and powerful your experience of this one lifetime as yourself is, you wouldn’t be trying to go anywhere else.If you could know the perfection of time and space,You...

Keep dreaming.You can go as far as you dream.

Powiedz mi, co mam zrobić, żeby osiągnąć taką mądrość?” Mędrzec patrzy na niego i powiada: “Siadaj.” Uczeń siada obok niego i powtarza swoje. “No, powiedz mi, rebe, to co ja mam robić?” Rabin milczy i...

My caregiver mantra is to remember ‘The only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.

Notice how each particle moves.Notice how everyone has just arrived here from a journey.Notice how each wants a different food.Notice how the stars vanish as the sun comes up, and how all streams stream toward...

Let the breath lead the way.

Be mindful of those who take credit for your success or blame you for their failures.

If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that’s endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn’t inherent in the place but in your state of...