Occupation: Nun Birth: July 14, 1936
Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the job that we have, and the p….
By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength..
Each of us has a "soft spot": the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, a….
When we sit down to meditate, we connect with something unconditional - a state of mind, a basic environment that does not grasp or reject anything. ….
The sad part is that all we're trying to do is not feel that underlying uneasiness. The sadder part is that we proceed in such a way that the uneasin….
It has a lot to do with developing patience, not with the check-out person so much, but with your own pain that arises, the rawness and the vulnerabi….
We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time..
Meditation takes us just as we are, with our confusion and our sanity. This complete acceptance of ourselves as we are is called maitri, or unconditi….
Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future..
To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest..
We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or we begin to challenge them….
I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need to engage in the process….
We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives..
Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort..
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals..
When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel we're supposed to be better than we are in ….
Lower your standards and relax as it is..
You must learn to sit with the restless, painful energy and not let the momentum pull you under and cause you to do the same thing over and over that….
One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!.
Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you feel..
Sometimes we find that we like our thoughts so much that we don't want to let them go..