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  If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "A Memorable Fancy" plate 14 (1790 - 1793). Inspired the title of Aldous Huxley's 1954 book about drug experimentation, The Doors of Perception, which in turn inspired the name of the 1960s rock group The Doors.

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• You are a Buddha, and so is everyone else. I didn't make that up. It was the Buddha himself who said so. He said that all beings had the potential to become awakened. To practice walking meditation is to practice living in mindfulness. Mindfulness and enlightenment are one. Enlightenment leads to mindfulness and mindfulness leads to enlightenment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Walking Meditation, Practice, Enlightenment

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• Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Positive Thinking, Addiction

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• Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

  Pema Chodron

  Real, Compassion, Empathy

  Pema Chodron (2003). “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion”, p.73, Shambhala Publications

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• When we practice mindfulness, our nonphysical side merges with the nonphysical side of that which we are experiencing.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Practice, Sides

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• Thinking is usually a waste of time and energy, since thinking is essentially a rehashing of what we already know. As a matter of fact, thinking is an easy way to confuse yourself. The more you think, the less you know.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Matter

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• Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical world that is out of balance.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Balance, World

  Frederick Lenz (1995). “Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure”, St Martins Press

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• The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Meditation, Sitting

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• The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.

  Nhat Hanh

  Understanding, Mind, Helping

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.13, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Lying, Buddhism, Roots

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• Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.

  Pema Chodron

  Struggle, Buddhism, Reality

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

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• We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.

  Jack Kornfield

  Buddhism, Night, Suffering

  Twitter post from Jan 27, 2015

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• A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and his feelings as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.

  Albert Einstein

  Nature, Compassion, Animal

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.339, Princeton University Press

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• When you are not meditating, eliminate hate, doubt, fear, anxiety, negative thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness, that bind you to a sense of self, of ego.

  Frederick Lenz

  Hate, Buddhism, Self

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• When you are just thinking a lot of silly thoughts and having a lot of worries, you waste a tremendous energy and power and you put yourself into very limited states of mind. You slow down your evolutionary process.

  Frederick Lenz

  Silly, Buddhism, Thinking

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• Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

  Alan Watts

  Life, Inspiring, Yoga

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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• When you find yourself dwelling on something negative, consciously use your willpower to remove your mind from that which is negative. Move your mind into the flow of something positive.

  Frederick Lenz

  Moving, Buddhism, Dwelling

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• Our actions and experiences will direct us. In other words, we will be guided by the inherent emptiness of the things we choose to interact with.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Our Actions, Emptiness

  Frederick Lenz (1994). “Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap”, Interglobal Seminars

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• The unlimited mind, the diamond mind of the Buddha, is your mind, if you can get in touch with it. Stop thinking so much and tap into that psychic part of your being.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Psychics

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• Want a happier, more content life? I highly recommend the down-to-earth methods you'll find in 'Mindfulness.' Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman have teamed up to give us scientifically grounded techniques we can apply in the midst of our everyday challenges and catastrophes.

  Daniel Goleman

  Giving, Challenges, Everyday

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• Perhaps then, some day far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Depression, Patience, Questions And Answers

  Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). “Letters to a Young Poet”

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• I think the greatest gift we can give our children is the experience of deep quiet. If we don’t help our children cultivate contemplation, reflection, prayer, meditation, or whatever other practice of mindfulness, then they’re likely to be completely spun out of their center by the time they’re in grade school.

  Marianne Williamson

  Prayer, Children, School

  "Marianne Williamson on Consciousness, Women and Politics". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2012.

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• The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.

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  Ram Dass

  Moments, Truth Is, Empty

  Ram Dass (2007). “One-Liners: A Mini-Manual for a Spiritual Life”, p.22, Harmony

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• Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Miracle, Mind, Minutes

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.14, Beacon Press

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