Occupation: Author Birth: December 7, 1939
Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it truly is..
We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more w….
Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action..
Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you 'should' become. Find out who you are right now..
We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it..
In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are..
A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment..
All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad..
All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are..
The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you..
If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost..
When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressi….
Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness..
Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies..
The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is, is the nature of all del….