To enjoy anything, we cannot be attached to it... What we usually try to do is capture any joy that comes our way before it can escape... We try to cling to pleasure, but all we succeed in doing is making ourselves frustrated because, whatever it promises, pleasure simply cannot last. But if I am willing to kiss the joy as it flies, I say, "Yes, this moment is beautiful. I won't grab it. I'll let it go."
When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day's battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility. - Eknath Easwaran
When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day's battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility.
- Eknath Easwaran
Do not feed your ego and your problems with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a … - Eknath Easwaran
Do not feed your ego and your problems with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a …
In the spiritual lore of India there is a story that the Lord whispered only one word in our ears when he sent us into the world: 'Give.' Give freely… - Eknath Easwaran
In the spiritual lore of India there is a story that the Lord whispered only one word in our ears when he sent us into the world: 'Give.' Give freely…
The things we think about, brood on, dwell on, and exult over influence our life in a thousand ways. When we can actually choose the direction of ou… - Eknath Easwaran
The things we think about, brood on, dwell on, and exult over influence our life in a thousand ways. When we can actually choose the direction of ou…
Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it. - Eknath Easwaran
Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.
When someone at peace and free from hurry enters a room, that person has a calming effect on everyone present. - Eknath Easwaran
When someone at peace and free from hurry enters a room, that person has a calming effect on everyone present.
Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one. - Eknath Easwaran
Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.
Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow. - Eknath Easwaran
Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.
To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every person is the ma… - Eknath Easwaran
To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every person is the ma…
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