“The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.”— Glennon Melton, Carry On, Warrior
(Source: booksnquotes.com)
“There is a place in the heart where everything meets. Go there if you want to find me. Mind, senses, soul, eternity, all are there. Are you there? Enter the bowl of vastness that is the heart. Give yourself to it with total abandon. Quiet ecstasy is there - and a steady, regal sense of resting in a perfect spot. Once you know the way the nature of attention will call you to return, again and again, and be saturated with knowing, “I belong here, I am at home here.” Answer that call.”— VIJNANA BHAIRAVA TANTRA
(Source: lazyyogi, via thecalminside)
“There are times when your joy produces a smile. There are also times when a smile causes relaxation, calm, and joy. I do not wait until there is joy in me to smile; joy will come later. Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.”—
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh gems
“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.” —Anthony Bourdain
“I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.”—
Dalai Lama
Consider the trees which allow the birds to perch and fly away without either inviting them to stay or desiring them never to depart. If your heart can be like this, you will be near to the way.
— Zen Proverb