Gaining enlightenment is an accident. Spiritual practice simply makes us accident-prone.
~ Zen saying
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accept yourself as you are
No one can turn you completely upside down and inside out. You must accept yourself as you are, instead of as you would like to be, which means giving up self-deception and wishful thinking.
~ Chogyam Trungpa
the clarity of the morning
Today is the kind of day when you know it’s a sin to be working indoors. There is a cool breeze this morning, and the sky is clear. Storms are certain to develop this afternoon, but that makes the clarity of the morning that much more beautiful.
What is this?
The only practice that is worthwhile is to ask: “What is this?” WHAT IS THIS?
~ Zen saying
Big Day For a Little Man
My oldest son ‘graduated’ from kindergarten today. I know it’s silly to call passing from one grade to another ‘graduation’, but it’s a milestone nonetheless. He’s completed the first step of many that will take him on the path to adulthood, and there’s no turning back now. He’s not a little boy any more.
I am …
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the wind in the trees
Search for a discipline within freedom! Don’t let yourself be governed by formulae drawn from decadent philosophies: they are for the feeble-minded.
Listen to no one’s advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind…
~ Claude Debussy
be simply true
Don’t be consistent, but be simply true.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
wander about the world annoying people
Seeing misery in views and opinions, without adopting any, I found inner peace and freedom. One who is free does not hold to views or dispute opinions. For a sage there is no higher, lower, no equal, no places in which the mind can stick. But those who grasp after views and opinions only wander about the world annoying people.
~ The Sutta Nipata
include yourself
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
~ Jack Kornfield