“The heart, like the grape, is prone to delivering its harvest in the same moment it appears to be crushed.” HeartMomentsHarvestCrushedGrapesDelivering Book:Ten Poems to Change Your Life Source: Ten Poems to Change Your Life
“I had a classic case of what people call "seeker's disease." That was part of my journey, but now, meaning is like a secret that's revealing itself moment by moment, day by day.” PeopleMomentsSecretCasesJourneyDiseaseClassicRevealingSeekersMy Journey Author:Roger Housden
“When we're fully engaged in the present moment, no matter what we're doing, the question of meaning never seems to arise. It's because we feel fulfilled and that is inherently meaningful.” FeelsMatterMomentsSeemsNo Matter WhatMeaningfulAriseEngagedPresent MomentFulfilled Author:Roger Housden
“If you allow yourself to fully feel the life you're in - not conceptually, but viscerally in the present moment - then that is inherently meaningful.” IfsFeelsMomentsMeaningfulPresent Moment Author:Roger Housden
“Practice remembrance of the present moment, again and again.” MomentsPracticePresent MomentAgain And AgainRemembrance Author:Roger Housden
“We have all had serendipitous moments - the most unlikely meetings out of nowhere - that can happen when we have this quality of deep acceptance towards ourselves.” MomentsHappensQualityAcceptanceMeetingsUnlikely Author:Roger Housden
“Time and the timeless dimension co-exist here, now in this very moment that we're living, this very moment that we're speaking.” MomentsDimensionsTimeless Author:Roger Housden
“I live in California, where there's a lot of driving entailed. I'm usually going somewhere to be on time to meet someone so I'm necessarily engaged in time. And yet, how can I in that moment of driving my car, be aware of that which is not going anywhere?” MomentsCarDrivingCaliforniaEngagedThat Moment Author:Roger Housden
“I bring my attention to my hands on the steering wheel and notice how the chatter in my mind begins to fall away as my breathing slows. I'm awake and alive, simply driving the car going where I need to go, on time and in time. A still point of the turning world. With that awareness, I bring my attention into my body, and the body is the doorway to the timeless, because the body is always where we are and always in the present moment.” WorldNeedsMindStillsMomentsBodyHandsFallAttentionAliveAwarenessCarGoes OnDrivingBreathingAwakeWheelsPresent MomentTimelessDoorwaysChatterSteeringLive Simply Author:Roger Housden
“The body is the doorway to the timeless, because the body is always where we are and always in the present moment.” MomentsBodyPresent MomentTimelessDoorways Author:Roger Housden
“What's not often in the present moment is the thinking mind.” ThinkingMindMomentsPresent MomentThinking Mind Author:Roger Housden