Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
If not now, when?
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace – peace is the way.
The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.
Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world.
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.
Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.
One thing we do know: Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there – buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.