To suppress the grief, the pain, is to condemn oneself to a living death. Living fully means feeling fully; it means becoming completely one with what you are experiencing and not holding it at arm's length.
~ Philip Kapleau
What is deepest in you is not the person you defend.
It is the simple fact of being, untouched by what comes and goes.
Peace is not elsewhere. It is what remains when the search falls quiet.
Surrender isn’t an action you perform.
It’s what remains when self-concern relaxes.
Stop trying to “let go” as a tactic.
Notice the one who’s gripping.
When that centre softens,
life moves again.
Quietly.
Naturally.
A pelican, around 37 years old, shows up every day at a Greek restaurant to get its portion of fish. The bird has become a well-known local figure along the seafront
“All birth ends in death, all creation ends in dissolution. All accumulation ends in dispersion. All that appears real is transitory. Ignore these omens and drink the elixir of fearlessness!”
~ Nagarjuna
Life unfolds by itself.
The mind interferes by trying to become.
You cannot breathe tomorrow’s breath today.
Leave existence to existence.
Be nothing, and let life flower.
Your first task is to see the sorrow in you and around you; your next to long intensely for liberation. The very intensity of longing will guide you; you need no other guide. Sadguru, the eternal Guru, is the road itself.
Nisargadatta
What you need will come to you, if you do not ask for what you do not need. Yet only few people reach this state of complete dispassion and detachment. It is a very high state, the very threshold of liberation.
If you just try to keep quiet, all will come—the work, the strength for work, the right motive. Must you know everything beforehand? Don’t be anxious about your future—be quiet now and all will fall in place. The unexpected is bound to happen, while the anticipated may never come