"Our reality is not the infinitely stretching cosmos,
but the small part we choose to focus on.
Reality exist because our mind exist.
Without the mind, there would be no universe."
"The world become exist because we are aware of it.
We cannot live in reality of which we are unaware."
"When your mind rest, the world also rest."
"Tsunamis are frightening not just because of the water,
but also because of the objects hurled at us by the water.
Tornadoes are terrifying not just because of the wind,
bu also the objects uprooted and thrown by the wind.
We feel unhappy not just because something bad has happened,
but also because of the swirling thoughts about what happened."
"When you have unpleasant feeling don't grab hold of it and turn it over and over.
Instead, leave it alone so it can flow.
The wave of emotion will naturally recede on its own
as long as you don't feed it by dwelling on it."
"If you've been unable to change bad situation,
even after many attempts, you should change how you look at the situation,
Nothing is intrinsically good or bad, Good or bad is always relative,
Compare your situation with someone's that is worse,
Now yours does not seem so bad after all."
"When you are stressed out, be aware of your stress,
When you are irritated, be aware of your irritation,
When you are angry, be aware of you anger,
As soon as you become aware of your these feelings
you are no longer with them,
Your awareness allows you to witness them from outside,
Awareness is inherently pure, like the open sky,
Stress, irritation and anger can temporarily cloud the sky,
But they can never pollute it.
Negative emotions come and go like clouds,
but the wide-open sky remains."
"Do memories cause you pain?
Practice being in the present moment.
Turn your attention to here and now.
Notice that your thoughts subside when you focus in the present.
As your thoughts quiet, so, too, the memories.
Because memories are, in essence,thoughts.
***
"To keep doing your work for a long time,
do treat it as just work.
View it as a source of enjoyment and growth,
The road to happiness lies not just in finding a good job,
but also in learning to enjoy hat you are asked to do."
***
"Do you feel unsettled or depressed?
Then look at a child's sleeping face for one minute,
You will soon feel ripples of peace."
***
"I wish you could see my true nature.
Beyond my body and labels,
there is a river of tenderness and vulnerability,
Beyond stereotypes and assumptions,
there is a valley of openness and authenticity,
Beyond memory and ego,
there is an ocean of awareness and compassion.
***
"If something goes wrong,
we often turn inward and blame ourselves,
But is it really our fault?
For example, if I were James Taylor
and someone were looking for Pavarotti,
then naturally I would'nt be chosen,
But this not mean I lack musical talent.
It means only that I am not the right match,
So be more confident, and please stop beating yourself up."
"Even if you are having just a bowl of cereal for dinner,
eat it with the loving attitude of nourishing yourself,
Isn't it tiring to constantly have to care for your body?
Pat yourself on the back for the hard work you are doing,
Then go to bed one hour earlier,
as a gift to your body."
***
"Feelings dissipate on their own.
If you take your negative feelings seriously and
start internalizing them as part of your identity,
then you will resuscitate them
every time you think about the past.
Remember, that you neither your feelings nor the story
your mind tells you about you to make sense of them.
You are the vast silence
that knows of their emergence and their dissapearence.
***
It is important that you work hard,
but don't be enamored of the feeling of working hard,
If you are drunk on that feeling,
then you care less about the actual work,
than about how you appear to others to be working hard.
