Mindfullness
To live, we must die every instant. We must perish again and again in the storms that make life possible. Thich Nhat Hanh
Charles Harris added 6mo
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
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“When a child is born, they are pure presence. Unconditional love. Infinite possibility. Simply being. Expressions of God. This is our natural state. But through societal programming, conditioning, and trauma, we fall from the higher states down into fear, guilt, grief, and shame. These negative emotions and energies rule our lives and cause our su
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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
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Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves.
THICH NHAT HANH
Charles Harris added 2mo
To the question of Janaka as to how freedom can be achieved, the answer given by Aştävakra is simple. 'Know the Self as Pure Consciousness, the unaffected witness of the phenomenal world, and you will be free' (I. 3). In reality the Self is always free; freedom is not attained, but simply realized and discovered. The impediment to selfrealization a
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I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion—and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.
Ram Dass
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So I suggest that spirituality and religion start not from a system of belief that offers comfort and meaning, but from a first-hand glimpse of a different way of relating to the vicissitudes of life. And this shows up not as a thought, a wish or an interpretation, but as a direct experience. It is seen and felt, not construed or imagined. It is e
... See moreGuy Claxton • Science and Spirituality: 'Effing the Ineffable'
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. - Chuang-Tzu
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi
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