I do not think of God theistically, that is, as a being, supernatural in power, who dwells beyond the limits of my world. I rather experience God as the source of life willing me to live fully, the source of love calling me to love wastefully and to borrow a phrase from the theologian, Paul Tillich, as the Ground of being, calling me to be all that I can be.
It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.
First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.
When things are going well, be mindful of adversityWhen prosperous, be mindful of povertyWhen loved, be mindful of thoughtfulnessWhen respected, be mindful of humility
When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude.
Stretch your mind and fly.
Those who do not have faith in others will not be able to stand on their own.
Each moment is a place you've never been.
There's no problem so great it can't be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem, it's reality.
Just see beauty as you walk around through your day. Feel things. Unhook from your thoughts and all the busy things you are doing. Start to look at life. This is mindfulness.
Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you are doing; you are not threatened by anything. You have room to dance in the space, and this makes it a creative situation. The space is open to you.
Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.
The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.
If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes - it's the present moment.
Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.
Mastery is the natural result of mindfulness.
Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it. The function of the microscope is just to clearly present what is there.
The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.
Mindfulness meditation should be more than just watching what you are doing. What you really need to watch is your motivation.
Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.