We are willing to stand by the revelations of God.
Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.
So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.
All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability to stay present with an uncomfortable feeling in the body and seek short-term relief.
You are the sky. Everything else - it’s just the weather.
Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions
Yes, expertise puts on in position to have further, cognitive pleasures, but these pleasures are distinct from the sensory pleasure of tasting wines
I'm always doing my best. Maybe people expect more of me, but I'm always doing my best.
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
Nothing feels worse than other people's good times.