Sublime

So let’s look at other people not on the “level of acts” but on the “level of being.” Without judging whether or not other people did something, one rejoices in their being there, in their very existence, and one calls out to them with words of gratitude.

goodness. Somehow, stripped of all its show and disguises, bare existing itself is an unalloyed goodness.

Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet. I meet others with the life I’ve lived, not just with my questions.

is not on “what happened” but “how did you relate to it, in regard to your mindfulness practice.”

But when it’s good, the experience of meditation is an unconditional way to be fine. You’re fine because you’re here. You’re fine because nowhere are you better than you are when you’re here. In this body, posted calmly on the border between yourself and the world, between the inside and the outside, and feeling yourself living. Not doing something

A generative person gives others the gift of admiration—seeing them for the precious creatures they are. She gives the gift of patience—understanding that people are always developing. He gives them the gift of presence. I know a man who suffered a public disgrace. In the aftermath, one of his friends took him out to dinner every Sunday night for t

Not a verb to be found. Nothing to do here, just a list of things to be.

If you consider things at the level of being, we are of use to others and have worth just by being here. This is an indisputable fact.