Sublime

fully inhabiting the present moment, willing to investigate things as they are and myself as I am. I started looking with curiosity and kindness.

I realized that every time in my life that I had felt hurt or lonely, I had been in someone else’s business.

If I find the willingness to pay attention anyway, to struggle through all the self-hating voices; if I learn just to sit still through all of it and not be thrown off, the next level I encounter is fear (2). I’ve made it past the distractions, I’m being compassionate with myself, and then there’s this little moment of silence…What do I get? Fear.

the foundation of happiness, which is being present in the here and now.

can go to thework.​com, to the section called “The Work,” where you’ll find a Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet to download and print.)

No teacher is necessary. You are the teacher you’ve been waiting for.

we’re expecting something (in this case Zen practice) to give us satisfaction and safety.

freedom. The twentieth-century Indian meditation master Sri Nisargadatta