“No one understands what it is like to be in a relationship with a narcissist abuser. You cannot learn about this situation by merely reading books or interviewing others. Only those who have personally experienced understand its insidious nature.”
“This sixth sense of thought often comes to the foreground in mindfulness practices like meditation.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
“Thoughts provide important information, but they are not fundamentally different from or more important than, say, the taste of a pear or hearing a Mozart symphony.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
“Just because you think something doesn’t mean it’s true, or even particularly important.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
“If you’ve been thinking negative thoughts for long enough, you have probably come to believe in and identify with them.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
“You are not your thoughts; you are the thinker of the thoughts.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
“You should always try to meditate in a place where you will be safe and as undisturbed as possible, but keep in mind that in any meditation practice, a crucial component is to allow—even welcome—changes to the outside environment without interrupting the meditation. Simply observe, experience, and allow things to be as they are.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
“By holding an open-focus awareness, you create a larger mental “container” for your thoughts to pass through.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
“Every Religion is Right Religion
(Unscriptured Holiness Sonnet)
Islam* is not the right religion, *peace is.
Christianity** is no right religion, **kindness is.
Judaism is not the right religion, equality is.
Sanatana isn't right religion, nonsectarianism is.
All scriptures are blasphemy, when peddled
as exclusive, infallible handbook to divinity.
Literature that demands rejection of backbone,
is a lot of things but not material of sanctity.
Every religion is right religion, or none are;
Claiming exclusive rightness all breed cowards.
Every faith is an attempt at divine, or none are;
Claiming monopoly of truth faith forfeits regard.
By saying your religion is the only right religion,
you only prove, your religion is the wrong religion.
Religion as an excuse for separation is always wrong,
till you transcend religion, all faith is delusion.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“The mental perspective to hold here is that you accept and allow the dog to bark and the car to drive by, without entertaining the desire for things to be any different than they are.”
Source: Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You