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Spiritually, your life is fantastic, it’s a great privilege to be here. I think it’s important to remind yourself of that constantly.
Stuart Wilde • Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power
As you scan your body, gently allow yourself to recognize how wonderful it is just to have a body, as well as a mind that’s capable of scanning it. Allow yourself to recognize how magnificent these very basic facts of your existence really are, how fortunate you are simply to have the great gifts of a body and a mind! Rest in that recognition for a
... See moreYongey Mingyur Rinpoche • The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Five things on being astonished:
“It is an astonishment to be alive, and it behoves you to be astonished.” — Katherine Rundell, paraphrasing poet John Donne
“If you attend thoughtfully to what you already have, you need nothing more. It’s all here.” — Claire Messud
“Let me / keep my mind on what matters, / which is my work, / which is mostly standing
... See moreWhenever I want to evoke the feeling of gratitude,l I usually start with the simple realisation that I am alive and breathing. Seneca said something along the lines of ‘treat each separate day as a separate life’. I try to remember this quote as often as possible and find it very helpful in regards to gratitude. You could also think about all the b... See more
Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind
One’s appreciation of the world never diminishes. When you open your eyes early in the morning, you don’t say, “Oh, here’s another day, another pain.” First, you hear the rustling of the sheets on your bed. You feel your hair lying on your pillow, if you have any hair. In any case, you feel your head lying on the pillow, and you begin to look aroun
... See moreChogyam Trungpa • Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
“Fantastic!” It doesn’t matter if your life isn’t fantastic; that’s only the ego’s viewpoint. Spiritually, your life is fantastic, it’s a great privilege to be here. I think it’s important to remind yourself of that constantly.
Stuart Wilde • Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power
The truly wonderful aspect of living this way is that it leaves the space wide open for a completely fresh experience free of self-absorption. Right here, exactly where we are, we can live from a broader perspective, one that admits all experiences—pleasurable, painful, and neutral. We are free to appreciate the infinite possibilities that are alwa
... See morePema Chodron • Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
"For me, that’s pretty much it: waking up and being excited and curiously restless to face the day ahead, and being very present with that day, and then going to bed feeling like it actually happened, that the day was lived. There’s nothing more than that, really."