an attitude of the soul

“True contentment is not just existential. It is an attitude of the soul rather than of the ego or personality. It is a view of life from the soul plane.”

- Ram Dass & Rameshwar Das. “Polishing the Mirror.” Sounds True.

aim our mind toward something bigger

“Knowing that we can make different choices, decide on new paths, aim our mind toward something bigger, and sustain our vision no matter what comes up, reminds us that we always have a source of light, whatever dark room we may enter.”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.

gentleness is more helpful than anger

“According to psychologist Kristin Neff, self-compassion has three main components. The first is self-kindness, which means cutting ourselves some slack when we fall short of our own expectations. Rather than berating ourselves, we acknowledge that imperfection, failure, and painful difficulties are inevitable in life. Self-compassionate people understand that gentleness is more helpful than anger when we cannot meet our own ideals.”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.

look how holy you’re becoming

“you’ve really been working on yourself

and you’re very pure and something very

high happens to you: You feel liberated.

And then: your ego walks around and pats you

on the shoulder: “pretty good!

look how holy you’re becoming.”

and you fall. . . . . .again. . .”

- Ram Dass. “Be Here Now (Enhanced Edition).” HarperCollins, 2010-10-26.

the quality of how we live now

“It is like Nietzsche’s concept of “eternal recurrence”: everything we do, he said, we should be willing to redo for eternity. Everything we do reverberates for eternity, so our ultimate concern should be the quality of how we live now.”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.

self-imposed suffering

“Getting caught up in memories of the past or worrying about the future is a form of self-imposed suffering.”

- Ram Dass & Rameshwar Das. “Polishing the Mirror.” Sounds True.

knowledge gives way to wisdom

“As I became more absorbed in the heart, I found it to be a place where separation disappears and knowledge gives way to wisdom.”

- Ram Dass & Rameshwar Das. “Polishing the Mirror.” Sounds True.