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“When we are not awake to reality, we are living in the dream of the mind. When we are in the dream state, we do not know what we are doing, and are unaware of what is happening within and around us. We are simply acting out of deep programming, behaving according to conditioned patterns, living as if on auto-pilot.”

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Book:Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

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“There are many ways that the dream state operates, but it is primarily characterized by a lack of awareness to what is actually happening in the present moment, and the consequent dwelling in the mind and its endless thinking, reacting and behaving from unconscious conditioning and programming.”

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Book:Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

Source: Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

“One of the fundamental delusions that most people have is the delusion that this “I” exists as an independent entity, as something separate from the whole of life.”

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Book:Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

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“The ego is not who we are, it is who we think we are. When we think of our name, our image, our history, and our life experiences as who we are, we become associated with an idea of ourselves, a mental image that is not at all who we are in reality.”

Mind Spirituality Consciousness Meditation Awareness Perception Mindfulness Thoughts Awakening Zen

Book:Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

Source: Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

“We all have an image of who we are, how we think of ourselves, and how we think others perceive us, but obviously this image is not really who we are; it is just a projection of the mind. When we mistake this illusory entity of thought to be who we actually are we do all kinds of strange and unnecessary things to maintain it and improve it. We feel the need to always state our point of view, push our beliefs onto others, tell them about our experiences, tell them who we are, what we like, what we dislike, and so on…always focused on “me.”

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Book:Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

Source: Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

“If we stop completely, not just outwardly, but inwardly, we will see that there is no truth to our self-image; it is completely mind-made.”

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Book:Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

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“Carrying water and chopping wood are just as much spiritual practices as reading scriptures.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Zen calls our attention to the wonders of the ordinary. There is a hidden dimension of beauty, richness, and harmony in the common world surrounding us, but we seldom take notice. Zen tries to stimulate our sensitivity to these natural wonders and hence to recover the joy in our daily lives.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“{T]hose who are always trying to control everything and eliminate all uncertainties are miserable. For they are fighting against nature. On the other hand, those who come to accept uncertainties as inevitable live lives of peace.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Everything that makes up your organism comes from the environment in which you live.”

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Book:Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

Source: Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment

“While the mainstream Western mind visualizes the good and the evil as two opposite forces, each attempting to annihilate the other, the Taoists envision them as interdependent and complementary. The yin-yang is the primordial symbol for creative tension, without which life and growth are not possible, This understanding that the opposites are complementary is essential to Zen's gentle attitude toward life.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus