Quotes - 2018

How to be Fully Present…

November 6, 2018 Manu Leave a comment

To be aware of little, quiet things, you need to be quiet inside. A high degree of alertness is required. Be Still. Look. Listen. Be present. – Eckhart Tolle

presence

Presence is when we’re fully here, completely occupying the moment called now. It requires our minds to be still, our breathing to be steady, and our focus to be spacious. We then become like the TV screen that allows any genre of movie to play on it without ever being affected by it. We allow life to fully flow through us, and like a boat on a river, we flow along with it, effortlessly and without struggle…

Quotes - 2018

What Hurts The Most…

November 5, 2018 Manu Leave a comment

Sticks and bones might break my bones but words will never hurt me. – English Idiom

words hurt

Words hurt a lot more than ‘sticks and bones’. And we are experts at using them as weapons against self and others. Why do words hurt so much? Why do they cause most of our suffering? What’s it about us that renders us helpless when it comes to our own thoughts? Deep inside we know our thoughts are powerful but we seem to have no control over them. Where do they come from? What do they have to do with who we truly are?

Quotes - 2012

What Are You Then?

November 4, 2018 Manu Leave a comment

You are not your mind. – Eckhart Tolle

thoughts

We spend our entire waking life in our minds, thinking and manufacturing thoughts. Our thoughts give us our identity. Our thoughts also guarantee and underscore the mental suffering that we’re so good at birthing. One day we will all realize that our mind is actually our biggest foe. And that our true identity is deeper within. With that realization comes the peace, contentment, happiness and fulfillment that we ever seek.

Quotes - 2018

Why We Don’t Need a Future!

November 1, 2018 Manu Leave a comment

The ego needs the future because the idea of a better future is how the ego justifies rejecting the present moment. – Gina Lake

now

The Ego is our thinking mind. And it loves to think. It thinks about the future, it thinks about the past and yes it even thinks about the present! It says things like ‘Wow, what a beautiful flower’ or ‘This weather sucks, why isn’t the Sun out?’ And whenever the Ego thinks, we can’t ever be fully present in the Now. If we notice we’ll realize that we are not the ego. We are not the thinking mind. Who are we then? Hint: Don’t use the ego (the thinking mind) to answer this question!

Quotes - 2018

What is Grace and How to Receive it…

October 31, 2018 Manu Leave a comment

Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It’s for you I created the universe. I love you. There’s only one catch. Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you’ll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too. – Frederick Buechner

the gift of grace

We’re divine children. We live in God’s house. We’re always safe. We matter. We can live unafraid if we so choose. We have siblings. We have a lot of loving to do.

Quotes - 2012

Why Let Go and Let God?

October 30, 2018 Manu Leave a comment

If you try to hang on to your life you will lose it. – Jesus of Nazareth

let god

We live selfish lives. And therefore are destined to suffer endlessly. To have eternal life, we must learn to collaborate with and be guided by Life. Life = God = The Universe = The Divine. There’s a divine plan for everything and everybody. We in our selfish little ways can never know what’s good for us let alone know what’s good for the entire world. So we must stop trying to hang-on to life, we must learn to let go and as they say ‘Let God’…

Quotes - 2012

How To Be In ‘Grace’…

October 29, 2018 Manu Leave a comment

The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people… – Chogyam Trungpa

daily practice

The spiritual practice that gives us the biggest bang for the buck is acceptance. When we’re open and accepting we’re nicely positioned to receive guidance from the Divine. It’s the only ‘trick’ we need to be in grace…