“Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to insist upon a challenging proposition: You must live truthfully. Right now. And always. Few forces in life present, with an equal sense of inevitability, the bare-knuckle facts of who we are, and the demands of what we might become.” LooksFactsDreamSeemsMightForceChallengesRight NowDemandEqualNotionRefuseWho We ArePropositionsOur DreamsInevitabilityKnuckles Author:Marc Ian Barasch
“I used to think that people who regarded everyone benignly were a mite simple or oblivious or just plain lax-until I tried it myself. Then I realized that they made it only look easy. Even the Berditchever Rebbe, revered as a man who could strike a rock and bring forth a stream, was continually honing his intentions. "Until I remove the thread of hatred from my heart," he said of his daily meditations, "I am, in my own eyes, as if I did not exist."” PeopleIfsThinkingMenLooksHeartMadeSaidEyeUsedEasyMy OwnSimpleMeditationRocksMy HeartHatredIntentionStrikesI RealizedMade ItStreamsRemoveThreadObliviousLaxHoningDaily Meditation Book:The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness Source: The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness
