28 quotes found
“Death is perfectly safe. (55)”
“Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50)”
“Love is not what we become but who we already are.”
“Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.”
“The mind is a useful tool but not a very good friend.”
“I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)”
“[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124)”
“Clearly, all fear has an element of resistance and a leaning away from the moment. Its dynamic is not unlike that of strong desire except that fear leans backward into the last safe moment while de...”
“If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)”
“We are motivated more by aversion to the unpleasant than by a will toward truth, freedom, or healing. We are constantly attempting to escape our life, to avoid rather than enter our pain we, and we...”
“You have to remember one life, one deaththis one! To enter fully the day, the hour, the moment whether it appears as life or death, whether we catch it on the inbreath or outbreath, requires only a...”
“I have seen many die, surrounded by loved ones, and their last words were I love you. There were some who could no longer speak yet with their eyes and soft smile left behind that same healing mess...”
“Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesnt matter if youre going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25)”
“How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)”
“There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are closer to God, but I have met very few who could keep ...”
“Our life is composed of events and states of mind. How ewe appraise our life from our deathbed will be predicated not only on what came to us in life but how we lived with it. It will not be simply...”
“That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)”
“Until we find out who was born this time around, it seems irrelevant to seek earlier identities. I have heard many people speak of who they believe they were in previous incarnations, but they seem...”
“Often when we hear people speak about meditation, we hear about wisdom, we hear about knowledge. But what, actually, is the effect, whats the use, of wisdom or knowledge? Understanding. When you un...”
“Meditation is for many a foreign concept, somehow distant and foreboding, seemingly impossible to participate in. But another word for meditation is simply awareness. Meditation is awareness.”
“Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)”
“Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74)”
