#mind

Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own. ↗

— Patti Digh

#inclusion #mindfulness #open-mindedness #welcome #life

So it is with the mind, Nandini. Allow it to be in balance. Avoid extremes: the middle way is better. Neither force the mind too hard into concentration nor let it wander aimlessly. Meditation is to pay attention, to be aware of your breathing, your posture, your feelings, your perceptions, your thoughts, and all that passes through your mind and the mind itself; whatever is going on within you and between you and the universe. Meditation is not just sitting for an hour here or an hour there; meditation is a way of life. It is practiced all the time. There is no separation between meditation and everyday living. When you have ceased to be bound by the past or by the future, when you are fully present in the here and now, then it is meditation. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#buddha #meditation #mind #life

Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well. We have to eat, drink, consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our bodies and our consciousness, showing ingratitude toward our ancestors, our parents, and future generations (66). ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#mindfulness #life

...when the brain is released from the constraints of reality, it can generate any sound, image, or smell in its repertoire, sometimes in complex and "impossible" combinations". ↗

— Oliver Sacks

#science

In my brain were stored a thousand pictures. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#life-of-the-mind #thoughts #life

But what I do believe is that if you're a girl who was born in Homsea, a girl who lives in a nothing kind of house with an ordinary kind of family, then you can't know everything about the world and that it's probably good to keep an open mind about things, just in case. ↗

— Karen Tayleur

#family #girl #just-in-case #keep-an-open-mind #open-mind

If you find yourself easily provoked, then just change the channel. ↗

— Toba Beta

#channel #life-lessons #mindset #provoke #stay-in-tune

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#confusion #love

To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#confusion #permission #self-acceptance #love

When the mind stops searching, when it stops wanting refuge, when it no longer goes in search of security, when it no longer craves more books and information, when it ignores even the memory of desire, only then will Love arrive within. ↗

— Samael Aun Weor

#mind #love