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Seriousness saddles the work with a burden. It misses the playful side of being human. The chaotic exuberance of being present in the world. The lightness of pure enjoyment for enjoyment’s sake. In play, there are no stakes. No boundaries. No right or wrong. No quotas for productivity. It’s an uninhibited state where your spirit can run free.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The alternative is to enjoy life instead of clinging to it or pushing it away. If you can live like that, each moment will change you. If you are willing to experience the gift of life instead of fighting with it, you will be moved to the depth of your being. When you reach this state, you will begin to see the secrets of the heart. The heart is th
... See moreMichael A. Singer • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
It’s dark because you are trying too hard.... See more
Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.
Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.
Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.
I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig.
Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me.
When it com
Tina Roth Eisenberg • Learn To Do Everything Lightly
There is no controlling life. Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado. Dam a stream and it will create a new channel. Resist, and the tide will sweep you off your feet. Allow, and grace will carry you to higher ground. The only safety lies in letting it all in—the wild and the weak; fear, fantasies, failures and success. When loss rip
... See moreJames Baraz • Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness
There’s an old saying: “Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” Even though the word spiritual comes from the word for breath, which is nothing but air, too many people seem to make spiritual practice out to be something heavy and portentous, rather than something light. How do we manage to get so mixed up about what to take seriously
... See moreBarry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
“The answer is to stop struggling, to go into the fear. Let her go. The cause of the unhappiness isn’t the situation, but the resistance. You’re making disease and decay and death evil, but they’re not evil, they just are. The clinging is the cause of the unhappiness. Release is the answer. Let her sink.”