‘Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.’ Ursula K. Le Guin
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Day 542: Procrastination Is an Egg
‘Freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.’ Buddha
Day 535: Thou Art That Which is Perfect(ing)
‘There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.’ Jean-Paul Sartre
Day 534: Looking the World in the Eyes is a Difficult Thing
‘If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.’ The Buddha
Day 533: The Path of an Open Heart in Hard Places
‘To suffer death and be reborn is not easy.’ Fritz Perls
Day 526: In Spirit, Body Acts
‘To turn toward does not imply merely to turn away, but to confront, to lose one’s way, to move aside.’ Deleuze & Guattari
Day 522: Fate Is...
‘Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever one sows, one will reap in return.’ Galatians 6:7
Day 520: You Project (Your Own Path)
‘That which we call destiny goes forth from within people, not from without into them.’ Rainer Maria Rilke
Day 517: Where There Is Contact There Is Courage
‘Many people suffer from the fear of finding themselves alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.’ Rollo May
Day 510: Purpose, Practice, Perseverence
A teacher once told me, ‘Feeling apathy? Try generosity!’
Day 505: Dreaming of an Easy Way Out (But No Luck)
‘That one should make an end to suffering without abandoning the underlying tendencies of desire for pleasant feelings, aversion toward unpleasant ones, and ignorance toward neutral ones, this is impossible. That one should make an end to suffering by abandoning these tendencies, this is possible.’ The Buddha
Day 501: Becoming Who You Are
‘The purpose of nature is to extinguish itself, and to break through its rind of immediate and sensuous being to consume itself like a Phoenix in order to emerge from this externality rejuvenated as Spirit.’ Hegel
Day 498: Aspirations to Dispel Darkness
‘It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it’s been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.’ Sharon Salzberg
Day 496: Seeking Peace in Practice
‘Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.’ Ajahn Chah
Day 495: Becoming Certain of Being Uncertain
‘The dissatisfied mind of desire is one of the main causes of stress. Letting go of attachment is not a loss; you are not losing anything. Truly, when you let go of suffering you gain inner peace and deep satisfaction.’ Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Day 493: Letting Go of the Slow Poisons
‘If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think you are enlightened you are in the illusion!’ Papaji
Day 491: 4 May 2022, Wednesday
The Buddha said: 'If a perfectly enlightened Buddha were to say to himself, “I am enlightened” he would be admitting there is an individual person, a separate self and personality, and would therefore not be a perfectly enlightened Buddha.’
Day 488: 30 Apr 2022, Saturday
The Buddha said, ‘All phenomena which have the nature to arise will also pass away.’
Day 484: 26 Apr 2022, Tuesday
Done is what must be done.
Day 472: 12 Apr 2022, Tuesday
‘In Tibetan, the word for body is lü, which means something you leave behind, like baggage. Each time we say lü, it reminds us that we are only travelers, taking temporary refuge in this life and this body.’ Sogyal Rinpoche