Matthew Flickstein > Quotes

“Compassion is the willingness to play in the field of dreams even though you are awake.”
― Matthew Flickstein

“We must also cultivate courageous energy: the commitment to remain present with whatever arises to consciousness, without grasping or resisting anything that comes to the fore of the mind.”
― Matthew Flickstein, The Meditator's Atlas: A Roadmap of the Inner World

“How much of your life do you spend looking forward to being somewhere else?”
― Matthew Flickstein, Journey to the Center: A Meditation Workbook

“The teachings in the Visuddhimagga begin with purification of virtue since the completion of the path to liberation rests squarely on the foundation stone of morality. This point cannot be over-emphasized.”
― Matthew Flickstein, The Meditator's Atlas: A Roadmap of the Inner World

“Only when we discover that the pain of being the way we are is greater than the pain of trying to change will we put forth the effort necessary to make significant progress on our inward journey.”
― Matthew Flickstein, The Meditator's Workbook: A Journey to the Center

“It is only when the pain of perpetuating old behavior patterns is perceived to be greater than the pain brought about by trying to change those patterns that we are able to effect and sustain significant psychological and behavioral modifications.”
― Matthew Flickstein, The Meditator's Atlas: A Roadmap of the Inner World

“Up until this point, we have been observing the impermanent, unsatisfactory, or selfless nature of each object as it arose to consciousness.”
― Matthew Flickstein, The Meditator's Atlas: A Roadmap of the Inner World