If you can be mindful in this moment
If you can be mindful in this moment, it is possible for the next moment to be hugely and creatively different — because you are aware and not imposing anything on it in advance.
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The initial quote version.
Awareness is like the sky
Our awareness is like the sky, and all the contents of awareness are passing clouds.
Time is fleeting
Time is fleeting. Don’t hold back. Appreciate this precious life.
Healing involves clearing the pathway to the open heart
Healing involves clearing the pathway to the open heart.
We can practice seeing
We can practice seeing into the layers of beliefs and resistance that hold our suffering in place.
Thoughts can be seen as thoughts
With awareness, thoughts can eventually be seen as thoughts and nothing more.
Looking back
Looking back, I now see that there were no mistakes. The clouded understandings and misdirected efforts are all a necessary part of the practice life.
This is what practice is about
This is what practice is about: learning to stop believing that our deep-seated reactivity is who we are.
The practice life
The practice life is all about learning to live from our true open-hearted nature.
Eight three problems
All human beings have eighty-three problems. The eighty-forth problem is that we don’t want to have any problems.