Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.
BRENDA SHOSHANNAIf one’s sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.
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our joy and satisfaction comes from doing each action with a whole heart and mind. Results and consequences then take care of themselves. When you are not absorbed by concern for outcomes, how much anxiety can you ever have?
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A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we’re headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.
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Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you’ll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.
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When we sit, we open our own treasure house. Rather than do this, however, most of us first seek to find the treasures another person can provide.
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This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.
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If one’s sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.
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We calculate their value to us. When we approach relationships in this manner, we are coming as beggars, seeing the other as a source of supply.
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In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are.
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The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.
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Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers.
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When we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are.
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Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.
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Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.
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The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is, is the nature of all delusion.
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Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you ‘should’ become. Find out who you are right now.
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