The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.
All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.
All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability to stay present with an uncomfortable feeling in the body and seek short-term relief.
You are the sky. Everything else - it’s just the weather.
Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions
If somebody says to me, 'Oh, you're gonna get married and you'll never be attracted to anybody else again,' I'm like, right, sure. It's just not practical to me on an emotional level. Just because I'm married, I'm not dead.
When we behold the face of God, all memories of pain and suffering will vanish. Our souls shall be totally healed.
I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear less fruit.
My thing is that most scripts arent bad scripts, theyre just not finished yet.