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.

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.

Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.

we are too busy listening to our thoughts that we don’t hear the wonderful sounds surrounding us…

The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.

The beauty of mindful-life-breath meditation is that you are not restricted to having to sit in the lotus position to be present. Whether you are on a busy train, driving a car or walking down...

If you feel depressed for an hour, you’ve produced approximately eighteen billion new cells that have more receptors calling out for depressed-type peptides and fewer calling out for feel-good peptides.

A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don’t do it.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

☺☺ When a man gets you 99, he starts to think, he may only have another 10 years of sexy lovemaking left… Still Smiling At 99. ☺☺

Ain’t you thinkin’ what’s it gonna be like when we get there? Ain’t you scared it won’t be nice like we thought?No, she said quickly. No, I ain’t. You can’t do that. I can’t do...

Eventually it will become quiet enough so that you can simply watch the heart begin to react, and let go before the mind starts. At some point in the journey it all becomes heart, not...

Meditation and mindfulness are tools for working with the mind, but where they have led me is to a blossoming of the heart…

Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

It is one thing doing what you love for a living. It is another thing doing what you love with love

another day, another miracle.” (213)

The teachings of the Buddha could be summarized in four short sentences. … [The Buddha] said …The bad things, don’t do them.The good things, try to do them.Try to purify, subdue your own mind.That is...

There are few things more destructive than thoughts believed without question.

The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately & wisely.

We cannot force the development of mindfulness.

Like gratitude, authentic appreciation in the workplace is a realisation that can be nurtured and accessed with daily mindful practice. By and large, people who are grateful, happy and enthusiastic are going to demonstrate better...

What is constant? Is the mind anything more than a conglomeration of thoughts? Where is the mind apart from thought? If there is no thought, can there be a mind? They cancel each other out,...

Yes, our goal as Christians should be to do away with the things in our world that keep people from knowing the love and freedom of Christ. Equally, and maybe more so, our goal should...

Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it...

Reading teaches us receptivity….It teaches us to receive, in stillness and attentiveness, a voice possessed temporarily, on loan….And as we grow accustomed to receiving books in stillness and attentiveness, so we can grow to receive...

Dwell positive thoughts!

Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief.

One goal of the mindful caregiver is to find ways to not feel ‘dis-eased’ in the caregiving process.

Fear is an illusionary place we travel to in our minds when we allow ourselves to move away from the heart.

Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of...

Even just taking 20 seconds to truly appreciate your surroundings makes a world of difference.

Not Eve:Under any condition, in any situation, a mature woman does not need to be checked by her man. She is not childish, but fully capable of [a] self check if she respects the wisdom...

When I say ‘practice’ I don’t meanrepeating an act until you get it right. In this use, it means to instill regular discipline to accomplish a specific task, ritual without which we feel incomplete, or...

Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important.

By simply braking down the task into more manageable pieces much can be accomplished in a year.

The incredible benefits of practising and applying mindfulness and self-compassion in the workplace are being increasingly recognised by human resource professionals as well as the medical profession, as the stresses of competing in today’s global...

I used to think that life was only about progress, getting to a destination, the final outcome. But this isn’t quite right. Life is more of a process, and as much as goals are important,...

Come back” and bring it back again. With a lot of training, you can teach your mind to come running back to you when you call, just like a friendly pup.

There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.

Age is only a state of mind.You are as young as you think.

Even if you can’t be totally mindful at every meal, if you can say a blessing, silently if necessary, or offer up a prayer for someone, something beyond yourself and your food, the prayer helps...

Whatever you eye falls on – for it will fall on what you love – will lead you to the questions of your life, the questions that are incumbent upon you to answer, because that...

In his first summers, forsaking all his toys, my son would stand rapt for nearly an hour in his sandbox in the orchard, as doves and redwings came and went on the warm wind, the...

Life is very simple. Just sometimes put your head away, sometimes behead yourself, sometimes look with no clouds in the eyes – just look. Sometimes sit by the side of a tree – just feel....

I was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening.

What is Required by Paul Allen (fragment)1All elsewhere being World, how many times have I stoodin the bright shadows of a wood,no track or trail leading in, out-as though ground coverrenewed as I went through?I...

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.