Dan Harris Quote
Retreat, with nothing to look forward to, nowhere to be, nothing to do, we are forced to confront the wound of existence head-on, to stare into the abyss and realize that so much of what we do in life—every shift in our seat, every bite of food, every pleasant daydream—is designed to avoid pain or seek pleasure. But if we can drop all that, we can, as Sam once said in his speech to the angry, befuddled atheists, learn how to be happy before anything happens. This happiness is self-generated, not contingent on exogenous forces; it’s the opposite of suffering. What the Buddha recognized was a genuine game changer.
Dan Harris
Retreat, with nothing to look forward to, nowhere to be, nothing to do, we are forced to confront the wound of existence head-on, to stare into the abyss and realize that so much of what we do in life—every shift in our seat, every bite of food, every pleasant daydream—is designed to avoid pain or seek pleasure. But if we can drop all that, we can, as Sam once said in his speech to the angry, befuddled atheists, learn how to be happy before anything happens. This happiness is self-generated, not contingent on exogenous forces; it’s the opposite of suffering. What the Buddha recognized was a genuine game changer.
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