“Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.” ThinkingLifeWholeLightActionEnergyEmotionPracticeDarknessAwarenessDisciplineEnlightenmentAppropriateRitualMasterySelf MasteryEgomania Book:Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu Source: Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu
“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.” LifeI CanNightSimpleMorningLife PhilosophyBedEnlightenmentGet UpLive LifeOccupationFormulasShort LifeLife Is GoodHow Short Life Is Author:Cary Grant
“In your everyday life you always have opportunities for enlightenment. If you go to the rest room, there is a chance to attain enlightenment. When you cook, there is a chance to attain enlightenment. When you clean the floor, there is a chance to attain enlightenment.” IfsLifeOpportunityChanceRoomsEnlightenmentCleanEverydayCooksEveryday Life Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“Concentrate the mind on the present moment.” LifeMindMomentsPastBuddhismEnlightenmentBuddhistThis LifeLive LifeEaseEnlightenedPresent MomentThat MomentLife LessonLive In The MomentHere And NowLive In The PresentShort LifeLive WellZen BuddhismPast And PresentPeace And HappinessPresent TimePast PresentMindful LivingSpiritual AwarenessHealthy MindLive In The NowPresent FutureFuture And PresentLife DreamPresent LifeWise BuddhistLive Your Life To The FullestMoments Of HappinessDeep LifeInspirational BuddhistLive Life Happy InspirationalDaily BuddhistMind And MatterBuddhism HappinessBuddhist LifeSpiritual EnlightenmentLove Life InspirationalLove Life HappinessZen BuddhistLive Every MomentBeing Yourself And HappyBuddhist PhilosophyDwell On The PastShort Motivational LifeAppropriate BehaviorLeave The Past Behind Author:Gautama Buddha
“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” LifeArtLife IsDesignEnlightenmentPhilosophicalDancingThis LifeLive LifeMeaning Of LifeWrestlingArt Of LivingLife Is Worth LivingMetaphors Of Life Book:The Meditations Source: The Meditations
“Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't make any sense that the whole point of enlightenment would be to escape from the whole process at the very instant that the universe is beginning to awaken to itself.” IfsLifeYearsMatterWholeWould BeSpiritualityUniverseProcessTakenEvolutionEnlightenmentConsciousGainsCapacityAwakeningBillionsInstant Author:Andrew Cohen