It’s only our story that keeps us from knowing that we always have everything we need.
Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”
If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying!
How do I know it was meant to happen this way? Because it did.
All sadness is a tantrum.
I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn’t know about gurus and wise people-I wasn’t a reader.
I am the perpretor of my suffering – but only all of it.
When you act like a teacher, it’s usually because you’re afraid to be the student.
When you run in fear, it’s square into the wall.
Never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order.
It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.
Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
Judge your neighbor, write it down. Ask four questions, turn it around.
Reality is always the story of a past, and what I love about the past is – it’s over.
If I think that someone else is causing my problem, I’m insane.
We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it. Thoughts are like the wind or the leaves on the trees or the raindrops falling. They’re not personal, they don’t belong to us, they just come and go. When they’re met with understanding, they’re friends.