Ann Jacobson

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Book cover for Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.”
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Elizabeth Strout
“Sometimes, like now, Olive had a sense of just how desperately hard every person in the world was working to get what they needed. For most, it was a sense of safety, in the sea of terror that life increasingly became. (211)”
Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge

Mark Westmoquette
“As you practise more and more, your awareness will expand so that what was hidden becomes more and more conscious. Without judgement, you will become aware of your filters, biases, and limitations so that you will come to know yourself, and your experience of things, more directly.”
Mark Westmoquette, The Mindful Universe: A Journey Through the Inner and Outer Cosmos

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