Occupation: Nun Birth: July 14, 1936
Things are as bad and as good as they seem. There's no need to add anything extra..
The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a deep-seated conviction that there's s….
Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resistin….
We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other people think we want to be or o….
The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enoug….
When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too..
Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do right now is what matters..
Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path..
We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away..
Being fully present isn’t something that happens once and then you have achieved it; it’s being awake to the ebb and flow and movement and creation o….
Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn't come f….
When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless..
Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego..
It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly w….
The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought..
To live is to be willing to die over and over again..
We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kin….
Each person's life is like a mandala - a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think form….
The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we’re seeking inner peace or global pea….
When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal..
Use your life to wake you up..