Posted in Quotes - 2011, Stillness on May 19th, 2011
One moon shows in every pool; in every pool, the one moon. - A Zen Forest: Zen Sayings
zen perspective
A zen perspective allows us to inhabit the current moment. Just reading the quote above can also do that…
zen haiku?
all is connected
all in one, one in all; is
let’s connect the dot
Daily Affirmation: Today I just AM.
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Posted in Quotes - 2011, Stillness on May 16th, 2011
So much of modern life is a feverish anticipation of future activity and excitement. We have to learn to step back from this into the freedom and possibility of the present. - Fr. Bede Griffiths
ok to anticipate
We anticipate and we dream; we are ever waiting for something to happen. It’s actually a great tendency [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2011, Stillness on May 12th, 2011
Learn to pause… or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you. - Doug King
fire!
We are people on the go! We wake up in a hurry, go to school/work in a hurry. We do this while breathing hard and fast, thinking quick thoughts and never stopping to smell the rose. Let’s Stop, Drop & Roll!
stop, [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2011 on Jan 19th, 2011
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. - Eckhart Tolle
it’s now
As you read this you do so in what is the current moment. Let’s pay attention to the breath, to where we’re sitting, to what else is on our mind, to our surroundings, to our hopes, our desires and most of [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2010, Stillness on Nov 18th, 2010
You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding. - Guy Finley
using sheer will
How many times have we tried, through the force of will power, to change a habit or to effect change? How many times have such attempts worked? I will wager that the success rate is not [...]
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