I could characterize nearly any spiritual practice as simply this: identify and quit, identify and quit, identify and quit. Identify the myriad forms of limitation and delusion we place upon ourselves, and muster the courage to quit each one.
BO LOZOFFHuman life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.
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Do you want a world with . . . more joy and happiness? Then find your own joy and happiness and contribute to the joy and happiness of others.
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We’re all doing time. As soon as we get born, we find ourselves assigned to one little body, one set of desires and fears, one family, city, state, country, and planet.
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You may study with the highest teachers, but you will find no one but yourself teaching you. You may travel the world over, yet find nothing but yourself, reflected the world over.
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Little by little, deep inside us, the diamond shines, the eyes open, the dawn rises, we become what we already are.
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Life, like any other exciting story, is bound to have painful and scary parts, boring and depressing parts, but it’s a brilliant story, and it’s up to us how it will turn out in the end.
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We’re all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.
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Little by little deep inside us, the diamond shines, the eyes open, the dawn rises, we become what we already are.
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Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.
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Simple kindness may be the most vital key to the riddle of how human beings can live with each other in peace…and care properly for this planet we all share.
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The gap between our sincere values and our actual behavior is the source of all self-hatred.
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This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.
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If I am practicing spiritual poverty, which says that I own nothing, then the problems aren’t mine and neither are the energy and compassion pouring through my heart to try to solve them.
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This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do.
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We merely need to open our eyes and realize what is already here, who we already are – as soon as we stop pretending we’re small or unholy.
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Meditation is simply seeing reality and acknowledging it with bare honesty.
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