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.
BO LOZOFFLittle by little deep inside us, the diamond shines, the eyes open, the dawn rises, we become what we already are.
More Bo Lozoff Quotes
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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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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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Who can ever understand exactly why or how it comes down as it does? The bottom line is, here we are. Whatever, wherever we are, this is what we’ve got. It’s up to us whether we do it as easy time or hard time.
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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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The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world can be summed up in a single sentence.
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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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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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We pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, have a good laugh about human nature, and get on with our journeys.
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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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So if you now find yourself in a cell, take heart that of all the teachers in the world, out of all the places in the world, you still have with you the only ultimate ingredient of your journey: yourself.
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Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.
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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.
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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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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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Meditation is simply seeing reality and acknowledging it with bare honesty.
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