We are just living this moment; we don't have to live 150,000 moments at once. We are only living one. That's why I say you might as well practice with each moment.
In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion. - Joko Beck
In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.
- Joko Beck
All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego. - Joko Beck
All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego.
Joy is being willing for things to be as they are. - Joko Beck
Joy is being willing for things to be as they are.
There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what … - Joko Beck
There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what …
Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others. - Joko Beck
Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some … - Joko Beck
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some …
We have to face the pain we have been running from. In fact, we need to learn to rest in it and let its searing power transform us. - Joko Beck
We have to face the pain we have been running from. In fact, we need to learn to rest in it and let its searing power transform us.
Awareness is our true self; it's what we are. So we don't have to try to develop awareness; we simply need to notice how we block awareness with our … - Joko Beck
Awareness is our true self; it's what we are. So we don't have to try to develop awareness; we simply need to notice how we block awareness with our …
We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die. - Joko Beck
We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die.
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