Discomfort without Aversion: A Little Miracle, by Corrado Pensa
The mind and emotions make noise. That is not a problem. Just relax and lean away from the noise. When you lean away from the noise, you are creating distance between You (the consciousness) and the objects of consciousness (the thoughts and emotions). In that distance, the samskaras have room to release their energy. It’s going to get uncomfortabl
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The path I have discovered leads to transcending sorrow and anxiety by looking deeply into their true nature.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Old Path White Clouds: The Life Story of the Buddha
Attention to the ways of the self, understanding that fear, desire, and anger are natural but that you don’t have to act them out or have everything you want—this insight dissolves mental anguish without adding to it.
J. Krishnamurti • What Are You Doing With Your Life?
Whatever we have to do or take or suffer can thus be turned to our immediate advantage: it provides just the right opportunity to notice Who is involved. (To be precise, absolutely involved yet absolutely uninvolved.) In short, of all forms of meditation this is among the least contrived and obtrusive, and (given time to mature) the most natural an
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