David Tuffley

“The enlightened person has learned to observe their mind and control how it goes. They have cultivated consciousness about consciousness. It is doubtful whether any other creature on the planet is capable of this meta-awareness, since it appears to be a function of the recently evolved portions of the human brain that other animals do not have. Exercising these higher brain functions does not happen automatically in most people, it must be cultivated through right mindfulness.”
― David Tuffley, The Essence of Buddhism

“has achieved Satori in Zen is described. They are qualitatively the same experience. It is a natural human state, albeit a state that few people have yet reached, but one which is certainly reachable with commitment and effort. An example”
― David Tuffley, Being Happy

“The greatest achievement is selflessness.”
― David Tuffley, The Essence of Buddhism

“placement in time and space with, finally, the conviction that something extremely important and valuable had happened, so that the subject was to some extent transformed and strengthened even in his daily life by such experiences. When peak experiences are especially powerful, the sense of self dissolves into an awareness of a greater unity.’ (from Religion, Values and”
― David Tuffley, Being Happy