“The awareness is not part of the darkness or the pain; it holds the pain, and knows it, so it has to be more fundamental, and closer to what is healthy and strong and golden within you.”

When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.

See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.

If you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobody’s having conversations anymore. They’re sitting at dinner looking at their phone, because their brain is so addicted to it.

Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.

In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.

Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.

The real meditation is how you live your life.

Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.

Which would have been a very interesting thing to have done, but we were very aware that we wanted a bizarre kind of production value on the record.

Everything you are seeking is seeking you in return. Therefore, everything you want is already yours. So, you don’t have to get anything. It is simply a matter of becoming more aware of what you already possess.

Here’s what you know: you know when you’re getting laid, and you know when it’s all over. Those are the only two things you’re aware of.

He knows it’s important but he doesn’t know what to do with it.

I don’t know anything about computers.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

The more I am aware of my mortality the better person I am and the better I am at choosing a life that is aware of its beauty.

The scholars‘ he answered , ‘are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science.’