“Concentration and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to a condition of ease, clarity, and wisdom. No external action needs to happen.” WayNeedsMindHappensActionLostConditionsBalanceMindfulnessConfusionClarityEaseInternalsConcentration Book:Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life Source: Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life
“My father . . . used to say, 'I need my anger. It obliges me to take action.' I think my father was partly right. Anger arises, naturally, to signal disturbing situations that might require action. But actions initiated in anger perpetuate suffering. The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity.” ThinkingNeedsMightActionUsedSufferingFatherSituationAriseClaritySignalsDisturbing Author:Sylvia Boorstein
“I know whether or not I am confused most readily by noticing--being mindful of--my capacity for feeling caring concern. ... when I feel myself in caring connection--encouraging, consoling, or appreciating--I feel the twin pleasures of clarity and goodness. It doesn't matter if the connection I feel is to myself or a person I know or people I don't know or even the whole world. The lively impulse of caring is what counts. [p. 20]” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldFeelsPersonsMatterWholeFeelingsPleasureGoodnessCapacityConcernAppreciateConnectionsCaringWhole WorldClarityImpulseConfusedTwinsLivelyNoticingConsolingI Am Confused Author:Sylvia Boorstein
“We have moments of such clarity, of such appreciation of the incredible web of interconnected events that carry us from breath to breath, day to day, as long as we live-and the next moment we fret about how much we weigh. Or who we didn't send a Valentine. Or who forgot to compliment the dinner. Or whatever.” LongMomentsNextEventsPerspectiveBreathsIncrediblesAppreciationDinnerClarityComplimentDay To DayValentineInterconnected Book:Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness Source: Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness
