1. “I think of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.”
2. “The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.”
3. “Meditation can change the flavor of the season.”
4. “Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.”
5. “Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.”
6. “When we express stress, the nervous system tries to control things. Part of waking up is discovering what we are beyond that controlling organism.”
7. “When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yse to our life as it is.”
8. “Underneath the stress id fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.”
9. “Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.”
10. “Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.”
11. “My understanding that to love, we need to be .able to totally surrender to the living/dying nature of this world”
12. “Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.”
13. “Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.”
14. “Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, bit in finding what is present.”
15. “Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.”
16. “Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and o sensations in the body.”
17. “By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades.”
18. “The longing to express and celebrate life is innate and quite beautiful.”
19. “When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in fear of what is wrong.”
20. “If we’re not open to losing, we’re not open to loving.”
21. “I want to accept myself completely, just as I am.”
22. “Our greatest longing is to be intimate.”
23. “People have to find their rhythm. Some people have need for more contact and time together and some people need more space.”
24. “Become a witness to your thoughts.”
25. “Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.”
26. “Take moments to savor what is beautiful and good.”
27. “By running from what we fear, we feed the inner darkness.”
28. “Awakening self compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.”
29. “Meditation helps us get out of our thought about the future and really be in the present moment.”
30. “When you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with intention and clarity and kindness.”
