Practice
And so we let our hearts guide us. We let our bodies guide us. “When we align ourselves with our deepest prayer, the next right thing unfolds,” Cynthia discovered. This is the way of the feminine mystic.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
The important thing is not to think much, but to love much, and so to do whatever best awakens you to love. TERESA OF ÁVILA
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
Contemplative life is not for the timid. It’s scary to be quiet, and it takes courage to be still. No one could be expected to sit on the battlefield of her own mind without being armed with the sword of unconditional truth in one hand and the sword of unconditional love in the other.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
If someone were to tell you that your losses were your passage to a voyage across the sea of samsara, the suffering of illusion, to the land of Nirvana, the bliss of awakening, you would not believe them.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
What if I believe it? Would that make it easier to bear?
Question: How can I judge myself less harshly and appreciate myself more?
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some... See more
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some... See more
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