Life’s Reminders
The purpose of the Life Reminders is to transform the way we see and relate to our life, and to reorient our mind in the direction of waking up and living the most meaningful life we can.
The Four Reminders: A Simple Buddhist Guide to Living and Dying Without Regret
Dennis Hunter
Ordinary Life
You don’t have to spend years studying difficult books, learning foreign languages, or spending long periods in solitude. As long as you apply effort on a regular basis, you can use your ordinary daily life and human faculties as the tools for transforming your troubles into peace and happiness.
Spiritual Practice
Without going to any special place or adopting unusual customs, you already have everything you need for spiritual practice. Your sacred place of retreat is your body. Your daily life is your practice center. Your emotions, thoughts, and experiences are your instructors.
Your Mind Is Your Teacher
Khenpo Gawang
Life’s a package deal: it cannot be renegotiated, and there’s no alternative. So we should buy into it, and make the very most of it.
…..Don Cupitt
The Fountain: A Secular Theology
Don Cupitt
Space to Listen
Our mental chatter is often so prominent that we don’t have the space to truly listen. We’re always receiving direction about how to move in our lives, but we’re too distracted to hear it. We cloud our thinking with drama and emotional upheaval then wonder why our lives are so out of whack.
Deep Listening
Yet all of us have the capacity to listen if we’re willing to make the space for it. When we listen, the voice may appear as thoughts with words, a whisper, an image, or a knowing “Yes” to something we may not even realize we wanted or needed.
Following Through
Listening is the first step, and being willing to act on what we hear is the second. So, listen to the deepest part of your being – the part that just knows. Then have the courage to let your life unfold according to its rightful plan.
At the Core of Every Heart
Gail Brenner
This life is ungraspable. Why is it ungraspable? Because life is limitless. We can understand this intellectually up to a point. But how can we fully experience this unlimited, boundless life? Simply forget the self. Be this life! Without exception, we are all this limitless, ungraspable, nonthinking life.
…..Taizan Maezumi Roshi
Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
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