- “The hilarious irony is that Buddhists – who deny the existence of the self – are the most self-obsessed people you can find. The idea of karma is a clear marker of self-obsession. People actually believe that the vast cosmos is infatuated about what they do – as opposed to completely indifferent – and goes to all the trouble of rearranging itself to teach them personal karmic “lessons.” ― Jack Tanner, Endarkenment: New Age Fake Enlightenment
- “There are “known knowns”, “known unknowns”, “unknown unknowns” and “knowingly unknowns”. There are things we don’t want to know; we don’t know. There are things we want to know but don’t want to learn or don’t want to adapt. There are things we want to know, learn, adapt and share. If we think we can or if we think we can’t, we are right. It is all about thinking.” ― Venu CV, Empower Your Mind To Succeed
- “To know the reality of the present moment as it is, we have to go beyond thought, otherwise we live only in memories of the past and fantasies of the future, cut off from the direct experience of the radiance and beauty of life.” ― Joseph P. Kauffman, Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment
- “Mindfulness will help us return to our conscious homeland. It reminds us that we are here in this moment of “now”and that there is no other moment than this one, and all that this moment asks us to do is to feel love and acceptancein our hearts; towards ourselves, and others.” ― Ora Nadrich, Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
- “Technology has become a crutch I’m using to get through an uncomfortable experience. Its a way of putting off the work but still convincing myself I’m doing something worthwhile. Aside from talking to my family, none of it has been worthwhile. In this instance technology is a distraction that is keeping me from feeling uncomfortable, from thinking too deeply, from doing too much. The biggest culprits behind the endless scrolling:- Boredom- procrastination- emotional discomfort- self sabotage- self loathing or dissatisfaction – habit- looking for someone or something to inspire us.Always pay attention to what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. Use it as a tool, not as a crutch.” ― Brooke McAlary, Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World
- “As soon as I remember to moisten my mind and heart with the water of great compassion and kindness….wildflowers fill the fields, fat cows graze, sleek Morgan colts gallop in herds across the ridges, shorebirds sing and fish jump in the lagoons.” ― Bhiksus Heng Sure, Heng Ch’au
- “People create conflicts, arguments and all sorts of noise to help each other avoid silence. Because nothing scares a mind more than silence. Silence is the language of soul. The soul talks to God when mind stops talking about God.” ― Shunya
- “Happenchance sparks with no matter who, waiting for love to arrive. To anyone, here I am, longing, as long as I am alive.” ― John Casey
- “Thinking too deeplyWill only drown me.” ― Greta Farrell, flavor profile
- “Our current bittersweet relationship with our sleep hasn’t had a long history.” ― Pawan Mishra
- “If you are to write the truth, you must go beneath the surface into deeper, often darker waters where the light wavers and breathing is a matter of mindfulness.” ― Judy Reeves, A Writer’s Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life
- “A person must live in harmony with his or her inner self while recognizing a vital connection to the entire world. A quiet and virtuous mind can live contently no matter what their circumstances, because they do not spend their precious time engaged in worthless faultfinding. Like all despairing men, I need to cease expecting anything from life while expecting more from myself. I aspire to find beauty and joy in the humblest of human activities. I must learn how to ride the clouds and mist, be unperturbed by the petty disputes of humankind, and imperious to other people’s unfavorable opinion of me.” ― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
- “We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.” ― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
- Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience. Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “The Sleep Problem today is not as much about being able to sleep for 7 hours; it is more about being able to sleep when you are ready to.” ― Pawan Mishra
- “Open Awareness Meditation, also known as “open attention,” “open monitoring,” or “soft focus,” is a form of mindfulness meditation in which you allow the many things present in your consciousness (sounds and other sensory input, as well as your thoughts and emotions) to arise in your awareness and then naturally fall away as they are replaced by different sounds, thoughts, etc.” ― Benjamin W. Decker, Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
- “Inner peace exists outside of time.” ― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
- “Although much of the work we do in committed relationships we do with our partners, sometimes it’s necessary to start with ourselves.” ― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
- “Be a truth traveller, a lie exposer, and above all, a consciousness raiser. Truth raises consciousness, and without your “spiritual being” always striving to transcend this “human experience”, truth cannot prevail.” ― Ora Nadrich, Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
- “Mindfulness (present-moment awareness) is deliberately focusing our attention on our thoughts, emotions, feelings, sensations and mental activity without losing awareness of what is happening in the present moment. It is essentially being in a state of present-moment awareness and maintaining clarity without being swayed or distracted by mental commentary.” ― Christopher Dines, Mindfulness Burnout Prevention: An 8-Week Course for Professionals
- “Sometimes we spent so much time worrying future but many times what we worry about does not even happen, thus all the worry goes in vain.” ― Tonmoy Acharjee
- “Through clear instruction and regular practice, meditation will help you experience a deeper connection to your senses, your body, your emotions, and the boundless frontier of your thinking mind.” ― Benjamin W Decker
- “True spiritual virtues can have no opposite, but they can wear masks and costumes.Joy often masquerades as anger; innocence often dresses up as guilt; lovepretends to be fear. At the end of the day, we discover that we don’t need tobe fearful of these internal monsters—we simply need to unmask them.” ― Darren Main, The River of Wisdom: Reflections on Yoga, Meditation, and Mindful Living
- “Meditation is the art of silencing the mind so that you may hear the inklings of the Soul.” ― Manprit Kaur
- “A traveller lost his way and reached in an unknown territory of winding lanes and endless roads. No local person was able to tell how to get out of there. On top of it, his car broke down. He asked for help from a mystic passing by.The mystic gave him a piece of paper. The traveller angrily said, “Keep your preachings to yourself. Give me some practical solution. Tell me how to fix the car.”The mystic serenly said, “You have been driving continuously for hours. Car will start when it cools down. Meanwhile, study the paper I gave you. It’s a map of who you are, where you are and how to go back home.” ― Shunya
- “Those with inner peace do not battle themselves. Nor do they wage war with others” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru
- “Seeing through the dirt.Sometimes we need to ignore the persons superficial weaknesses to find a good heart.” ― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English
- “You can meditate even while chopping carrots: The metal of knife has come from Earth, carrots have come from Earth, body is nothing but refined Earth. It’s all a dance of Earth and you are the eternal watcher, the soul.” ― Shunya
- “Desire, when coupled with meaning or purpose, can be our greatest realization in understanding what we’re doing here.” ― Ora Nadrich, Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
- “Artists, athletes, chess-players and anyone who loves their job know the feeling of losing one’s self in the current moment to full concentration. If we are more intentional in that experience, such as in meditation and prayer, we will notice that our presence becomes “denser and heavier”, more grounded, and there is a sense of security and sufficiency that accompany it. Unfortunately, many people spend too much time either thinking about the past or worrying about the future at the expense of fully living and appreciating the current moment.” ― Roumen Bezergianov, Character Education with Chess