45 – Penetrating Inquiry as a Support

Practitioners, there are wholesome and unwholesome states… wise attention, much practised, is the nutriment for the arising of the unarisen investigation-of-states enlightenment factor.

Gotama (The Buddha)

The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening; the smaller the doubt, the smaller the awakening. No doubt, no awakening.

Zen Proverb

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Enthusiasm as a Support

Sustaining insightful momentum and the fine-tuning of power

For a person who is energetic, vigorous, and always making an effort, mindfulness is well-established.

Gotama (The Buddha)

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Energising Joy as a Support

“From gladness comes joy; from joy, tranquillity; from tranquillity, happiness; and from happiness, the mind becomes collected.”

47 – Energising Joy as a Support

When we learn to delight in what is good in ourselves, we are no longer driven by lack. Joy becomes the expression of enoughness.

Christina Feldman

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48 – Deep Calm

The glassy sea and the cooling of the system

There is no happiness higher than peace.

Gotama (The Buddha)

Calmness of mind does not mean you have no thoughts… It means you are not being held hostage by them.

Anon

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A Unified Mind as a Support

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

~ Alexander Graham Bell

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

William James

The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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