Meditation isn't about stopping thoughts, it's about how we relate to our thoughts.

9/30/2019

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This sign says it all.

5/28/2019

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Darwin, who radicalized our understanding of nature by demonstrating the evolutionary ladder of life, scribbled in the margins of a natural history book: “Never say higher or lower. Say more complicated.”

3/9/2019

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Attention is the beginning of devotion. ~Mary Oliver

1/22/2019

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Believing is seeing or, is seeing believing?

11/9/2018

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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." Annie Dillard

10/4/2018

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Compassion is the functioning of wisdom. ~ John Daido Loori

9/14/2018

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“Love is the substance I am made of. Love is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.” ~Jorge Luis Borges

7/8/2018

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"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptive to change." ~ Charles Darwin

6/10/2018

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“Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe... What we believe determines what we take to be true.”- David Bohm, physicist

4/25/2018

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When people physically leave your world sometimes they are not leaving, they are just far away. ~MMayer

3/25/2018

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Ajahn Chah explained, “Look for moments of clarity. Keep to your experience, not your confusing thoughts. Learn the difference.”

3/5/2018

'In every direction, said Ajita, the rivers of desire are running, what will hold them back?' The Buddha replied, 'Any such river can be halted with the dam of mindfulness. With wisdom you can close the flood gates.'

1/5/2018

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All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others, all the misery the world contains has come from wanting pleasure for oneself. ~Shanti Deva

11/18/2017

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“It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar,” Anaïs Nin

10/15/2017

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You don't need to look for or pursue objects. It's more helpful to just wait and watch.~ Ashin Tejaniya

9/12/2017

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What does it take for you to think or do something new, unfamiliar? What motivates you?

8/13/2017

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"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."~ E.B White

7/24/2017

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What you see and believe is dependent upon your perspective, which can be altered at anytime by YOU.

6/13/2017

At the very end when we were talking about death, the Dalai Lama said, “You know, I’ve decided. I don’t want to go to heaven. I want to go to hell. There are more people there who I can help.”

5/10/2017

Kindness is my religion. ~ HH The Dali Lama

3/27/2017

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When we hold on to our opinions with aggression, no matter how valid our cause, we are simply adding more aggression to the planet, and violence and pain increase. Cultivating non-aggression is cultivating peace. ~Pema Chodron

2/10/2017

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Selflessness is love. 

1/13/2017

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Pay attention to the thoughts and various attitudes in our mind, which are conditioned by our thoughts. ~J.Goldstein ... "Whatever one frequently thinks about and ponders upon, that will become the inclination of the mind." ~ Buddha

1/9/2017

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The obstacle is the path ~ Zen proverb.   The very thing that is stopping you from feeling free, that is keeping you feeling constricted, angry or depressed, is the very thing that enables your freedom. 

12/1/2016

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