Bruce Tift > Quotes

“We can never solve our lives. Life is not a thing that can be broken and then fixed. Life is a process, and we can never solve a process. We can only participate in this process, either consciously or unconsciously”
― Bruce Tift, Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

“transformative change requires learning to use our own body as a crucible. A good crucible has a certain set of properties. It can withstand a lot of heat without melting; it is strong enough not to break; and it must not chemically interact with what’s in it.”
― Bruce Tift, Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

“If we can show up without needing to constantly control, plan, or protect ourselves against what might be coming, then every moment is fresh, every moment is a new experiment.”
― Bruce Tift, Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

“I never understood it—I didn’t even try. I just let it be there and stayed present to it. After a while, it didn’t happen anymore.”
― Bruce Tift, Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

“almost all of us appear to enter adulthood consciously identified with either a style of separateness or of connectedness, while unconsciously disowning the opposite energy.”
― Bruce Tift, Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation