Elaina

Change your mind, change your world 💫

[Allison Raskin @AllisonRaskin]

My future kid: “Is Santa Claus real?”
Me: “Honestly I’m not even sure if I’m real.”

[Elaina @elainab13]

My guess: what Christian's call God's love is self-love in disguise. They are just pretending that it's a higher essence that they don't understand so that they can feel safer amidst the chaos that is reality. But they should really engage in a little introspection work here.

[Elaina @elainab13]

@sbkaufman @SamHarrisOrg @psychpodcast How much of a gap do you think exists between what the average person says about their life and their ethics and what they actually do in their life? How useful is meditation for bridging this gap?

[Elaina @elainab13]

You need it until you don't need it anymore. And then, you won't care. Valuable, but not beautiful. A tool, not a treasure. But one used to uncover the treasure.

[Ayishat Akanbi @Ayishat_Akanbi]

Guilt about your identity and *excessive* pride in your identity are both an inferiority response.

[Elaina @elainab13]

@_SirCaptain "Something came from nothing" means just as much to me as "something came from god," i.e. neither is satisfactory. God is the final explanatory cause, they think. Because you can question the universe, but you can't question god. It seems like intellectual laziness.

[Elaina @elainab13]

I love when Christians say that atheists are arrogant. The irony is that they are the ones who proclaim to know things they cannot possibly know and have a solidified schema for a universe that is still so full of mystery. The epitome of arrogance. The antithesis of honesty.

[Elaina @elainab13]

@_SirCaptain I don't know how they don't see what they're doing. 🤷‍♀️

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“We are becoming something as soon as we are able to differentiate between everything and us” - Jason Murphy #ego #self #spirituality #quotes

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“Buddhism is not particularly concerned with beliefs, because beliefs don’t liberate us” - Guy Armstrong #Buddhism #spirituality #quotes

[Elaina @elainab13]

It doesn't matter how impeccable the logic is behind a particular thought train, you can immediately stop the thoughts once you realize that the suffering that occurs because of them is unnecessary. #suffering #truth #mindfulness #mindgames #power #thoughttrain #getoff #logictrap

[Everyday Mindfulness @MindfulEveryday]

"Thoughts think themselves. They aren’t you." ~ @bipolarmorsels
#mindfulness

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“In the stillness and silence, your submerged (or not-so-submerged) hindrance pattern may begin to emerge” - Stephen Snyder #meditation #quotes

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“So much is made up in our own mind that keeps us bound in a sense of a small, narrow world. And it keeps our heart closed and tight” - Sharda Rogell #quotes

[Elaina @elainab13]

I practice mindfulness so that I can face myself fully, not so that I can have a refuge from truths about myself. #mindfulness #meditation #Vipassana #noteasy #insight #suffering #depth #practice #truth

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“In the practice of meditation, laziness is the strongest enemy that gives one the most trouble! Ardent energy is the only antidote” - Sayadaw U Pandita #meditation #Buddhism #spirituality #quotes

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“The pleasure of ‘samadhi’, is that within this present moment, right here and now, we uncover and recognize something that’s beautiful” - Kittisaro #meditation #Quotes

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“No action, reaction, interaction, or relationship ever feels uninteresting or unworkable if a curious mind is brought to bear on it” - Tara Healey #mindfulness #bepresent #quotes

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“A wholehearted, mindful embrace of everything that arises in your mind is the only path to true freedom” - Gavin Harrison #mindfulness #quotes

[Vipassana Quotes @VipassanaQuotes]

“Your body is always right here, right now. This transient, mysterious body anchors you in the beauty or sorrow of each unfolding moment” - Anne Cushman #embodiment #mindfulness #bepresent #quotes