the heart’s release by love

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Art: Béatrice Lechtanski

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Art: Picasso

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[kamala-laxman]

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh, 

[thecalminside]

Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.

-Mooji

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[boyjumps]

"Always be mindful, break away from the view that clings to the ego, and see the world as Emptiness. It has no physical form and is constantly changing." Buddha (Sutta Nipata 1119)

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adrienne maree brown, from Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

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Suzuki said that a regular meditation practice makes us sensitive to the suffering of others. So we may feel more pain than we had before. But it's okay, because with a regular meditation practice, we cultivate our inner strength to enter our pain skillfully. With practice there is no rift, no splitting off, and therefore no suffering. Pain without suffering brings us home to our true self.

— Nothing Holy About It: The Zen of Being Just Who You Are by Tim Burkett

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[commonplacebuddhism]

Zen Master Dogen said that a Zen master's life is one continuous mistake — that is, an opportunity to learn, one mistake after another.

— After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path by Jack Kornfield