This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.
If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly.
Habit is formed out of memory... We often shape our present situation according to those habitual memories. Instead of starting fresh, we go back to what we've done in the past... easier for us than fighting our way through foreign territory.
To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.
Our path is sometimes rough and sometimes smooth; nonetheless, life is a constant journey... whatever we do is regarded as our journey, our path. That path consists of opening oneself to the road, opening oneself to the steps we are about to take.
Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior's discipline.
If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.
Nowness is the essence of meditation. Whatever one does, whatever one tries to practice, is trying to see what is here and now. One becomes aware of the present moment through such means as concentrating on the breathing. This is based on developing the knowledge of nowness, for each respiration is unique. It is an expression of now.
Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners.
You don't know how to take off your suit of armor. You have no idea how to conduct yourself without the reference point of your own security... You can expose your wounds and flesh, your sore points. You can be completely raw and exposed.
Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and shines.
To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.
Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
Things get very clear when you're cornered.
Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.
Sanity is permanent, neurosis is temporary.
We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.
There is something suspect about our inability to enjoy anything.
The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground.
Opening to oneself fully is opening to the world.