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It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

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The point is to be free, not to be crazy. ↗

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

#psychology #buddhism

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#humanism #buddhism

In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product dependent upon cause and effect and therefore liable to dissolution. Anything which is created must, sooner or later, die. If enlightenment were created in such a way, there would always be a possibility of ego reasserting itself, causing a return to the confused state. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it. ↗

— Chögyam Trungpa

#confusion #discovery #enlightenment #philosophy #self-discovery

Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight. ↗

— Saigyō

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Tightly held by rocks Through winter, the ice today Begins to come undone: A way-seeker also is the water, Melting, murmuring from the moss. ↗

— Saigyō

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Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn’t one. ↗

— Wei Wu Wei

#happiness #buddhism

Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like. ↗

— Daniel J. Siegel

#mindfulness #psychology #buddhism

If I shot an arrow and thought about an ass, would it surprise you that I hit Erik?' Stark asked me in a pleasant, nonchalant voice. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#vampire #young-adult #paranormal

I looked at Micah, who shrugged. I looked at Rafael, who shook his head. Nice that none of us knew why he was undressing. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#blake #fiction #hunter #micah #paranormal