Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered,
strife with outer enemies will never end.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, 1910 – 1991
Making peace within
Contradiction
It must be obvious..
that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe
whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.
Alan Watts
Just a story
Any story that you tell about yourself is just food for the ego.
There is no authentic story.
Byron Katie
Daydream
Zen is really just a reminder to stay alive and be awake.
We tend to daydream all the time, speculating and dwelling on the past.
Zen practice is about appreciating your life in this moment.
Zenkei Blanche Hartman, Zen Practice Each Moment
Sunday Quote: rest
Yesterday was 立冬 – Lìdōng – the beginning of winter in the Chinese solar calendar. In their thought health is achieved by staying close to the rhythm of nature and winter is the season of resting and storing what has been gathered.
We humans have lost the wisdom
of genuinely resting and relaxing
Thich Nhat Hahn
Inescapable
Thankfully, even the greatest emperors and dictators – and their grandiose projects – must bow to this law
The first rule is:
Keep an untroubled spirit;
for all things must bow to the law of Nature,
and soon enough you too
will vanish into nothingness,
like Hadrian and Augustus
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8:5
