pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 39 minutes agoThe key to happiness...The key to happiness is not in getting what you want, but in wanting what you have. ~Taisen Deshimarupedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 5 days agoBe formless...Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 7 days agoPath...The true path is not about seeking, but rather letting go of what we think we know. ~Daigu Ryokanpedrosvobodaart (50)Chocolatosin Motivation Story • 7 days agoRebel while there is still time!You may be the last generation which has the possibility to rebel. And if you don’t rebel, there may be no more…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 11 days agoDon’t let...Don’t let any emotional thought concerning success or failure, fame or gain, overtake you, and don’t dwell upon them.…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 15 days agoZen teaches nothingZen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points. ~Daisetsu Teitaro Suzukipedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 20 days agoThis momentIf your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 23 days agoNot to be bound by rules...Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one’s own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • last monthFeelings come and go...Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ~Thich Nhat Hanhpedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • last monthWho am I really?Before I wonder why I am here, maybe I should find out who this "I" is who is asking the question. Before I ask "What…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • last monthDon't seek the truthAs the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories; don't seek the…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • last monthBecome the waves...It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • last monthPresent moment.The present moment, the now not what is happening. People believe that the present moment is what happens and since…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 2 months agoThe seat of Realisation...The seat of Realisation is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 2 months agoWhenever you are upset...Whenever you are upset about an event, a person, or a situation, the real cause is not the event, person, or situation…pedrosvobodaart (50)Chocolatosin Motivation Story • 2 months agoHappinessHappiness is the absence of resistance to what is. It is the highest spiritual practice. However, it is not a…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 2 months agoHappinessHappiness is the absence of resistance to what is. It is the highest spiritual practice. However, it is not a…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 2 months agoBe That!There is no time sequence in true spiritual development. You are spiritual here and now. Do not trap yourself in…pedrosvobodaart (50)Active Memberin Self Improvement • 2 months ago“I” is the root...From where does this “I” arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind…pedrosvobodaart (50)Chocolatosin Motivation Story • 2 months agoSimply notice that you’re aware...Simply notice that you’re aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and…