[R]emain open to not knowing, perhaps allowing yourself to come to the point of admitting, I don't know, and then experimenting with relaxing a bit into this not knowing instead of condemning yourself...
[L]ive life as if each moment was important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it was a moment of pain, sadness, despair, or fear. This work involves above all the regular, d...
[I]t is useful at times to admit to yourself that you don't know your way and to be open to help from unexpected places. Doing that makes available to you inner and outer energies and allies that aris...
When we spend some time each day in non-doing, resting in awareness, observing the flow of the breath and the activity of our mind and body without getting caught up in that activity, we are cultivati...
When it comes right down to it, the challenge of mindfulness is to realize that this is it. Right now is my life. The question is, What is my relationship going to be? Does my life just automatically...
What does happen as we intentionally pay attention to our breathing is that we realize pretty quickly that we are
Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more. It all ties in. It’s not a rea...
To, co vypadá jako slabost, je ve skutečnosti vaše síla. A to, co vypadá jako síla, je často slabost, snaha skrýt strach. Je to jen hra nebo fasáda, ať působí sebepřesvědčivěji na ostatní, nebo dokonc...
To break out of this trap of always being driven by our own desires, it is not a bad exercise to ask yourself from time to time, What is my own way? What do I really want? Would I know it if I got it?...
Through it all, we attempt to bring balance to the present moment,understanding that in patience lies wisdom,knowing that what will come next will be determined in large measure by how we are now.
This means learning to work with the very stress and pain that are causing you to suffer.
There is just this moment. We are not trying to improve or to get anywhere else.
The only way you can do anything of value is to have the effort come out of non-doing and to let go of caring whether it will be of use or not. Otherwise, self-involvement and greediness can sneak in...
Right in that or any moment of non-doing, you are already OK, already perfect, in the sense of perfectly who and what you are. And therefore, right in that moment you are already at home in a profound...
Non-doing can arise within action as well as in stillness. The inward stillness of the doer merges with the outward activity to such an extent that the action does itself. Effortless activity. Nothing...
It's very important as a beginner that you understand right from the start that meditation is about befriending your thinking, about holding it gently in awareness, no matter what is on your mind in a...
For while we are now blessed with 24/7 connectivity so we can be in touch with anybody anywhere at any time, we may be finding, ironically enough, that it is more difficult than ever to actually be in...
Even the tiniest manifestation of mindfulness in any moment might give rise to an intuition or insight that could be hugely transforming.
Coming to our senses involves cultivating an overarching awareness of all our senses, including our own minds, and their limitations, including the temptation when we feel deeply insecure and have a l...
By taking a few moments to die on purpose to the rush of time while you are still living, you free yourself to have time for the present. By dying now in this way, you actually become more alive now.