#mindfulness

Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#meditation #mindfulness #psychology #art

Looking beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. ↗

— Amit Ray

#mindfulness #beauty

Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#love #mindfulness #psychology #art

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#mindfulness #psychology #suffering #art

When we infuse our actions with a focus on God and on the many blessings we receive in even the most mundane moments of our lives, we create sacred rituals that bring a sense of holiness, a sense of wholeness, to what we do and who we are. Like the Eucharistic feast that nourishes our heart and soul, every meal we eat with mindfulness[,] each bite we take with gratitude, has the power to transform us inside and out, for all time. ↗

— Mary DeTurris Poust

#eating #food #mindful-eating #mindfulness #prayer

Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I dedicate to the welfare of all beings. May the roots of suffering diminish. May warfare, violence, neglect, indifference, and addiction also decrease. May the wisdom and compassion of all beings increase, now and in the future. May we clearly see all the barriers we erect between ourselves and others to be as insubstantial as our dreams. May we appreciate the great perfection of all phenomena. May we continue to open our hearts and minds, in order to work ceaselessly for the benefit of all beings. May we go to the places that scare us. May we lead the life of a warrior. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#holiness #lovingkindness #mindfulness-practice #prayer #dreams

. . . I feel we don’t really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn while digging a pit or chopping some wood or cooking some food. If you can’t learn from your daily activities, how are you going to understand the scriptures? (233) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#living #mindfulness #scriptures #food

Most of us take for granted that time flies, meaning that it passes too quickly. But in the mindful state, time doesn't really pass at all. There is only a single instant of time that keeps renewing itself over and over with infinite variety. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#time #life

We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are when beneath every attitude is the want to be loved, and beneath every anger is a wound to be healed and beneath every sadness is the fear that there will not be enough time. When we hesitate in being direct, we unknowingly slip something on, some added layer of protection that keeps us from feeling the world, and often that thin covering is the beginning of a loneliness which, if not put down, diminishes our chances of joy. It’s like wearing gloves every time we touch something, and then, forgetting we chose to put them on, we complain that nothing feels quite real. Our challenge each day is not to get dressed to face the world but to unglove ourselves so that the doorknob feels cold and the car handle feels wet and the kiss goodbye feels like the lips of another being, soft and unrepeatable. ↗

— Mark Nepo

#anger

Patience has all the time it needs. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #mindfulness #art