The price of aliveness is letting go of distraction, avoidance, numbness, and checking out of life
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The price of aliveness is letting go of distraction, avoidance, numbness, and checking out of life
- Being alive consists of nothing more than the sum of what we pay attention to.
from My Favorite Questions by sari azout
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- The essence of life is that it’s challenging. Sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is bitter. Sometimes your body tenses, and sometimes it relaxes or opens. Sometimes you have a headache, and sometimes you feel 100 percent healthy. From an awakened perspective, trying to tie up all the loose ends and finally get it together is death, because it ... See more
from When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
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Mindfulness is not about achieving or gaining, it’s about acceptance and the relinquishing of material desire. When you’re charging $10 a month with the promise of a ‘better life’, can you really be holding true to that compassionate and egalitarian vision?
from When Mindfulness Meets Capitalism, It Loses Its Way by Chris Wheatley
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