“Every act of meditation contributes to world peace.”
“The moment you change from being distracted to noticing that you are distracted is an important shift of awareness. It represents a transformation from unconscious behaviour to mindful action”
“Always remember that within you is a place of eternal beauty and peace.”
“No matter what darkness exists in this world there is still beauty and if you cannot find it simply be it.”
“We envy toddlers the most for pretty much always living fully in the present moment, and for having the courage to laugh for absolutely no reason.”
“Truly paying attention to something or someone makes it or them seem as big as the universe.”
“Suppressing emotion is like holding a basketball under the water.”
“Like parables of meaningful relationships, your inner relationship demands you awaken to yourself.”
“Here s the plain truth, at least as it has been shown to me: We are never far from wonders. I remember when my son was about two, we were walking in the woods one November morning. We were along a ridge, looking down at a forest in the valley below, where a cold haze seemed to hug the forest floor. I kept trying to get my oblivious two-year-old to appreciate the landscape. At one point, I picked him up and pointed out toward the horizon and said, Look at that, Henry, just look at it! And he said, Weaf! I said, What? And again he said, Weaf, and then reached out and grabbed a single brown oak leaf from the little tree next to us. I wanted to explain to him that you can see a brown oak leaf anywhere in the eastern United States in November, that nothing in the forest was less interesting. But after watching him look at it, I began to look as well, and I soon realized it wasn t just a brown leaf. Its veins spidered out red and orange and yellow in a pattern too complex for my brain to synthesize, and the more I looked at that leaf with Henry, the more I was compelled into an aesthetic contemplation I neither understood nor desired, face-to-face with something commensurate to my capacity for wonder. Marveling at the perfection of that leaf, I was reminded that aesthetic beauty is as much about how and whether you look as what you see. From the quark to the supernova, the wonders do not cease. It is our attentiveness that is in short supply, our ability and willingness to do the work that awe requires.”
“The illusion of time deceives us into thinking that life is going somewhere.”
“Pursue your passions, be fit and the rest will follow...”
“Make friends with your mind and always feed it with positive vibes. Other than the mind, no one can turn you away from the spiritual path.”
“Nothing can change unless our body and mind are playing on the same team.”
“Train your mind to be in the present…and you have unlocked the secret to being happy despite your circumstances.”
“We have to stop telling ourselves that everyone is watching, waiting for us to fail. They really aren’t.”
“Composed and stocial minds are captains of time”
“Energy is contagious, negative vibes diminishes by mere rejection and manifolds by absorption”