Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Jan 19)

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Postby winston » Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:22 am

Most people think that thoughts and emotions are the enemy of present-moment awareness, and that negative emotions in particular are the enemy of interconnectedness.

But we can use thoughts and emotions, even the bad ones, to actually bring us into the present moment.

— Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon, “Creating a Confident Mind”
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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:19 am

Loss is a fact of life

Impermanence is everywhere we look. We are all going to suffer our losses. How we deal with these losses is what makes all the difference.

For it is not what happens to us that determines our character, our experience, our karma, and our destiny, but how we relate to what happens.

—Lama Surya Das, “Practicing With Loss”
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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:18 am

When we are not attached to who we think we are, life can move through us, playing us like an instrument.

Understanding how everything is in continual transformation, we release our futile attempts to control circumstances.

When we live in this easy connection with life, we live in joy.

—James Baraz, “Lighten Up!”
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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:31 am

Anger

We all know anger from experience, but when we are asked to pause and consider, “What is this anger?” it’s not always so easy to see what it is.

Yet when we approach our feelings of anger with awareness, with mindfulness, it becomes a productive part of our practice.

We find, after all, that anger has something to teach us.

—Jules Shuzen Harris, “Uprooting the Seeds of Anger”
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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby behappyalways » Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:37 am

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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:36 am

What is mindfulness, if not the practice of bringing the mind to those places where it goes missing?

Again and again, we wake ourselves up at the point where drowsiness, distractions, and daydreams arise.

—Noelle Oxenhandler, “Awake and Demented”
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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:40 am

Hatred stirs up trouble; love overlooks the wrongs that others do.

Proverbs 10:12

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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:14 am

In non-attachment, the river-life of emotion continues, only our relationship to it alters

The response to the passions isn’t driven by the small self’s benefit, but turns instead toward all beings’ well-being.

—Jane Hirshfield, “Six Small Meditations on Desire”
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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:47 am

The bodhisattva aspiration is an everyday matter—everyday both in the sense of needing to be renewed as each day passes, and in the sense of applying to simple tasks, to ordinary actions motivated by a longing to reduce the difficulty and increase the happiness of those with whom we share our lives.

—Manjusura, “An Everyday Aspiration”
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Re: Words of Wisdom 18 (Sep 17 - Dec 19)

Postby winston » Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:59 am

Appreciative joy is a natural expression of our best humanity…[it] cheers for the happiness and success of others and celebrates buoyancy, health, and happiness wherever they are encountered.

—Judith Simmer-Brown, “Transforming the Green-Ey’d Monster”
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