Mindfulness

Forgiveness, openness and understanding flow naturally where there is compassion.
Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter.
Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet.
The acceptance of suffering is a journey into death. Facing deep pain, allowing it to be, taking your attention into it, is to enter death consciously.
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
I like to walk alone on country paths, rice plants and wild grasses on both sides, putting each foot down on the earth in mindfulness, knowing that I walk on the wondrous earth. In such moments, existence is a miraculous and mysterious reality. People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not [continue reading...]
We must be conscious of each breath, each movement, every thought and feeling, everything which has any relation to ourselves.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear.
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
Pain is inevitable, yet suffering is optional. It is our heart connections that make all the difference.