“Spirituality doesn't look like sitting down and meditating. Spirituality looks like folding the towels in a sweet way and talking kindly to the people in the family eve though you've had a rough day.” PeopleWayLooksSpiritualSpiritualityTalkingSweetSittingDown AndRoughMeditatingSitting DownTowelsFoldingRough Day Author:Sylvia Boorstein
“All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each other, or when what seemed like a solid friendship falls into ruin, the hope for a shared future--a hope that provided a context and a purpose to life--is gone. [p. 149]” PeopleImportantEndsLife IsPurposeFallLossGoneFalling In LoveRuinsImportant Relationships Book:Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life Source: Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life
“Heir to your own karma doesn't mean 'You get what you deserve.' I think it means 'You get what you get.' Bad things happen to good people. My happiness depending on my action means, to me, that it depends on my action of choosing compassion--for myself as well as for everyone else--rather than contention. [p.61]” PeopleThinkingWellsMeanHappensActionCompassionDependsDeserveKarmaThings HappenBad ThingsGood PeopleHeirsContentionBad Things HappenWhat You Deserve Book:Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life Source: Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life
“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
“People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart. It actually makes an unhappy heart. And an unhappy world.” PeopleWorldHeartImportantRealizingUnhappyMaterialismConsumerismHappy Heart Author:Sylvia Boorstein
“Imagine how our lives might be if everyone had even a bit more of the Wisdom that comes from seeing clearly. Suppose people everywhere, simultaneously, stopped what they were doing and paid attention for only as long as it took to recognize their shared humanity. Surely the heartbreak of the world's pain, visible to all, would convert everyone to kindness. What a gift that would be.” PeopleIfsWorldHeartLongMightWould BePainHumanityBitsAttentionKindnessOur LivesImagineSeeingAwarenessPaidVisibleShared Humanity Author:Sylvia Boorstein
“When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is." Then they ask, "What kind of religion is it?" He responds, "My religion is kindness." You might think, "Everyone's is." Everyone's is. That's true. It's not complicated to describe the goal of a spiritual life. It's easier than you think to explain it. It's more difficult than you can imagine to do it.” PeopleThinkingKindMightSpiritualReligionAsksDifficultGoalAnswersKindnessImagineBuddhismEasierComplicatedSpiritual LifeLamaDalai Author:Sylvia Boorstein
