Re-awakening the mind’s brightness

When sloth and torpor are present, one should arouse energy, examine the danger, and gladden the mind.

~ Gotama (the Buddha)

The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgement, character, and will.

~ William James

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Navigating Choppy Waters and the Paradox of High-Arousal

Restlessness has the characteristic of disquietude, like water whipped up by the wind. Its function is to make the mind unsteady.

~ Bhikkhu Bodhi

When thoughts are racing and repetitive, remember: no one can harm the practitioner as much as the untamed mind.

~ Jack Kornfield

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Steadying the Compass: Meeting Doubt with Clarity and Trust

Doubt is overcome not by finding answers to every question, but by the courageous willingness to proceed without certainty.

~ Sharon Salzberg

It is like a man who has never tasted a mango; he may ask others what it tastes like, but he will never know the taste until he eats it himself.

~ Ajahn Chah

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Practice 65 – Forgiveness: an essential practice

How do we love our enemies?
First, we must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

Martin Luther King, Jr

There are those who do not realise that one day we all must die.
But those who do realise this settle their quarrels.”

Gotama

This chapter is a work-in-progress that we hope to publish later in the year. In the meantime, we thought that you might be interested in an audio ‘deep dive’ into forgiveness.

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