Mindfullness
nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know…nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. maybe the only enemy is that we don’t like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away fast. but what we find as pr... See more
Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Defined this way, not only is spirituality an acceptable and desirable realm to have in our lives, it is vital in order for humans to grow, thrive, and take fullest advantage of their brain power.
Tim Urban • How Religion Got in the Way — Wait But Why
The whole of Advaita reduces to a series of very simple and testable assertions: Consciousness is the prior condition of every experience; the self or ego is an illusory appearance within it; look closely for what you are calling “I,” and the feeling of being a separate self will disappear; what remains, as a matter of experience, is a field of con
... See moreSam Harris • Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have been through hell.
Brene Brown • Brené with Father Richard Rohr on Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Unlearning Certainty, Part 1 of 2
Seeking happiness outside ourselves is like waiting for sunshine in a cave facing north.
TIBETAN SAYING
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
Haruki Murakami
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi
The real meditation is how you live your life.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. - Chuang-Tzu