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Quote by Robert Bly

“Every part of our personality that we do not love will become hostile to us.”

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Robert Bly, born on December 23, 1926, is a renowned American poet. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, which has had a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

“Most of us need to be reminded that we are good, that we are lovable, that we belong. If we knew just how powerfully our thoughts, words, and actions affected the hearts of those around us, we'd reach out and join hands again and again. Our relationships have the potential to be a sacred refuge, a place of healing and awakening. With each person we meet, we can learn to look behind the mask and see the one who longs to love and be loved.”

Ifs Needs Looks Heart Persons Hands Action Healing Behinds Mindfulness Sacred Awakening Mask Affected Reach Out Our Relationship Again And Again Refuge Our Thoughts Lovable Words And Actions

Author:Tara Brach

“Don't think the purpose of meditation is to go deep into consciousness, wrap a blanket around yourself, and say, 'How cozy! I'm going to curl up in here by myself; let the world burn.' Not at all. We go deep into meditation so that we can reach out further and further to the world outside.”

Thinking World Purpose Consciousness Meditation Mindfulness Reach Out Wraps Blanket Curls Cozy

Book:Words to Live By: Short Readings of Daily Wisdom

Source: Words to Live By: Short Readings of Daily Wisdom

“What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?”

Letting Go Mindfulness

Author:Byron Katie

“So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.”

Way Trying Practice Meditation Letting Go Mindfulness Best Way Meditation Practice

Book:Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

“When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude.”

Hard Life Is Attitude Mindfulness Hard Times

Author:Arianna Huffington

“Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it. The function of the microscope is just to clearly present what is there.”

Mindfulness Weapons Function Relation Offensive Germs Microscopes

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“No change occurs if we just let our habitual tendencies and automatic patterns of thought perpetuate and even reinforce themselves, thought after thought, day after day, year after year. But those tendencies and patterns can be challenged.”

Ifs Years Mindfulness Patterns Tendencies Habitual

Book:The Art of Meditation

Source: The Art of Meditation

“The difficult thing about practice isn't learning to sit for an hour, or sit for a weekend, or go on a three-month retreat, as hard as those things are. The difficult thing is to pay attention to what is happening right here and now.”