Pausing the Internal Dialogue
Gradually, through meditation, we begin to notice that there are gaps in our internal dialogue. In the midst of continually talking to ourselves, we experience
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Jerry Seinfeld says : “It’s like having a charger for your whole body and mind”
Jerry Seinfeld says : “It’s like having a charger for your whole body and mind. That’s what Meditation is!”
Rajiv Mehrontra says : “If we read the stories of the great spiritual teachers of the past”
Rajiv Mehrontra says : “If we read the stories of the great spiritual teachers of the past, we find that they have attained spiritual realization through a great deal of meditation, solitude and practice. They did not take any shortcuts.”
Let Passing Thoughts Pass
We have no control over what confronts us when we step out our door. We don’t blame ourselves when the weather is bad; we didn’t cause the weather and thus don’t feel responsible for it. But when passing thoughts appear…
Patience should be strengthened
“One’s patience should be strengthened by thinking: “Those who have no patience are afflicted in this world and do actions that lead to affliction in the next life.” One should think: “Although this suffering arises because of the wrong deeds…
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “If we allow our thoughts to arise and dissolve by themselves”
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “If we allow our thoughts to arise and dissolve by themselves, they will pass through our mind as a bird flies through the sky, without leaving a trace.”
We Are All Interdependent
We are dependent on others, yet we also contribute to others. Such is the nature of our existence, which includes our relationships with our family, our friends, our community, the nation, the international community, and the natural world. – Rev.…
Mooji says : “Let the mind come as it wants; just you don’t go with it”
Mooji says : “Let the mind come as it wants; just you don’t go with it. The greatest salesman in the world cannot sell you if you don’t buy.”
Three types of people in the world
“There are three types of people in the world. What three? One who is like carving on a rock, one who is like scratching on the ground, and one who is like writing on the water. What sort of person…
D T Suzuki says : “Zen wants us to acquire an entirely new point of view”
D T Suzuki says : “Zen wants us to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature. This is because Zen has come to the definite conclusion that…