“The agreements that come from fear require us to expend a lot of energy, but the agreements that come from love help us to conserve energy and even gain extra energy.”
― The Four Agreements Companion Book: Using The Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life
― The Four Agreements Companion Book: Using The Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life
“A person doesn’t die from this or that disease. He dies from his whole life.”
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
“Through the word, you express your creative power. It is through the word that you manifest everything.”
― The Four Agreements Companion Book: Using The Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life
― The Four Agreements Companion Book: Using The Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life
“Compassion is sympathy for others specifically in the case of their suffering. Although it is uncomfortable, we are willing to feel the suffering of others and to do something about it when we can,”
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
“Spiritual awakening is exactly dropping the sense of one’s narrow separateness; it is essentially and profoundly altruistic.”
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
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