Occupation: Nun Birth: July 14, 1936
Treat yourself as your own beloved child..
We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and the….
Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can..
Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without….
All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability ….
We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-ended….
Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others..
Instead of asking ourselves, 'How can I find security and happiness?' we could ask ourselves, 'Can I touch the center of my pain? Can I sit with suff….
Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness our emotional c….
Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way..
The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart..
We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful, more hardened and mor….
Feel the feelings and drop the story..
To stay with that shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge-that is….
Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear..
We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and ….
As for our inner level of obstacle, perhaps the only enemy we have is that we don't like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away f….
Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for ….
If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or to get despondent or something equall….
Whatever you are doing, take the attitude of wanting it directly or indirectly to benefit others. Take the attitude of wanting it to increase your ex….
Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply hav….