The brain does not manufacture thoughts unless we stimulate it with habitual verbalizing. When we train ourselves by constant practice to stop verbalizing, the brain can experience things as they are.
Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on … - Henepola Gunaratana
Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on …
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The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are. - Henepola Gunaratana
The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are.
Meditation changes your character. - Henepola Gunaratana
Meditation changes your character.
Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is… - Henepola Gunaratana
Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is…
View all problems as challenges. Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow. Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or b… - Henepola Gunaratana
View all problems as challenges. Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow. Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or b…
Pain is inevitable, suffering is not. - Henepola Gunaratana
Pain is inevitable, suffering is not.
We usually do not look into what is really there in front of us. We see life through a screen of thoughts and concepts, and we mistake those mental o… - Henepola Gunaratana
We usually do not look into what is really there in front of us. We see life through a screen of thoughts and concepts, and we mistake those mental o…
Somewhere in this process you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking… - Henepola Gunaratana
Somewhere in this process you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking…
But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surp… - Henepola Gunaratana
But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surp…
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