“Meditation is actually a very simple exercise in resting in the natural state of your present mind, and allowing yourself to be simply and clearly present to whatever thoughts, sensations, or emotions occur.” MindStatesNaturalSimpleEmotionMeditationExerciseSensationsAllowing Author:Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships.” StatesHandsEmotionalCommittedBuddhistGossipTraitsCommitted Relationship Author:Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that it is immeasurably peaceful and, once stabilized through repeated experience, virtually unshakable. It's an experience of absolute well-being that radiates through all physical, emotional and mental states-even those that might ordinarily be labeled as unpleasant.” MindWellsSaidStatesMightImpossibleEmotionalDirectAbsolutesPeacefulWell BeingCaptureUnshakable Book:The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness Source: The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness