@sighswoon “If you do not trust life to unfold, the mind takes over and it becomes a game of strategy, motivated by anxiety. This mistrust is unfair. Life has given us so much, and yet we do not trust it.” — Mooji
It is easy to feel that something bad will happen if we don’t maintain our habitual vigilance by thinking, judging, planning. Yet this is the very habit that keeps us trapped in resisting life. Only when we realize we can’t hold on to anything can we begin to relax our efforts to control our experience.
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
J. Krishnamurti once asked "Can you look at a flower without thinking?" This simple question can be paradigm shifting.
For many of us for whom the answer is "probably not", it reminds us just how caught up we can get in our automated overanalyzing spirals, and how this disengages us from the present moment.... See more
yepicurusinstagram.comWhen we peek under the surface of our fears, we quickly recognize that the baseline of our lives is ease.
Mo Gawdat • Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living
Often in life we get so caught up in the analysis, the dissection of every possible outcome, that we miss an opportunity altogether. Of course, some things require careful consideration, but the more we live mindfully, in the moment, the more we start to get a sense of what feels right. Whether you think of it as a gut feeling, intuition, being
... See moreAndy Puddicombe • The Headspace Guide to... Mindfulness & Meditation: 10 minutes can make all the difference
I am often tempted to wonder when it will get easy until, in contemplation, I am reminded to relinquish the judgement of things and their unfolding.