1. Craving, anger, jealousy, despair, fear, and wrong perceptions

    1 December 31, 2020

    Happiness is not possible unless we are free from afflictions – craving, anger, jealousy, despair, fear, and wrong perceptions. Freedom is one of the characteristics of nirvana. Some kinds of happiness actually destroy our body, our mind, and our relationships. 2019Freedom from craving is an important practice. Look deeply into the nature of what you think will bring you happiness and see whether it is, in fact, causing those you love to suffer. You have to know this if you want to be truly free. Come back to the present moment, and touch the wonders of life that are available. There are so many wholesome things that can make us happy right now, like the beautiful sunrise, the blue sky, the mountains, the rivers, and all the lovely faces around us. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

  2. Decency is free from trickery

    Comment May 1, 2018

    When we’re having trouble maintaining our ground or ourselves, we play all kinds of tricks. That trickery brings hope and fear. You’re so tempted; at the same time, you’re so afraid. Decency is being free from trickery, free from the tricks we play on ourselves or on each other to maintain our basic existence. In that way, decency is being loyal to others, loyal to the most intimate experiences that you’ve shared with others. Loyalty is twofold. Quite simply, it is a commitment to working gently with yourself and being kind to others. ~Chögyam Trungpa

     

  3. Letting go is not the same as aversion

    Comment June 19, 2017

    Letting go is not the same as aversion, struggling to get rid of something. We cannot genuinely let go of what we resist. What we resist and fear secretly follows us even as we push it away. To let go of fear or trauma, we need to acknowledge just how it is. We need to feel it fully and accept that it is so. It is as it is. Letting go begins with letting be. ~Jack Kornfield

     

  4. The heart is like a garden

    Comment May 9, 2017

    The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there? ~Jack Kornfield


  5. When you are directly in contact with fear

    Comment September 1, 2015

    You can observe a cloud or a tree or the movement of a river with a fairly quiet mind because they are not very important to you, but to watch yourself is far more difficult because there the demands are so practical, the reactions so quick. So when you are directly in contact with fear or despair, loneliness or jealousy, or any other ugly state of mind, can you look at it so completely that your mind is quiet enough to see it? ~Krishnamurti

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  6. Two types of seeds

    Comment August 27, 2015

    There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group. ~Amit Ray

  8. Dealing with fear

    Comment July 11, 2015

    Fear is a deep issue and a challenging one. Dealing with fear opens the door to new territory
    and gives us the courage to jump over the edge. ~Ven. Ariya Nani

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