What We Already Have

Is it possible to want
what we already have?

Esther Perel

We Need Only to Allow

The practice was to ALLOW.
We need only to allow.
This is it. This is reality.
Allow it.

Monica Cassani

Everyday Life is the Path

What is the path?
the Zen master Nan-sen
was asked.
Everyday life is the path,
he answered.

Master Nan-sen

Only in Still Water

We cannot see our reflection
in running water.
It is only in still water
that we can see.

Taoist Proverb

Just as They Are

If you understand,
things are just as they are;
if you do not understand,
things are just as they are.

Zen Saying

Do Not Speak

Do not speak -
unless it improves
on silence.

Buddhist Saying

Leaving No Track

The path of the enlightened one
leaves no track - it is like the path
of the birds in the sky.

Attributed to the Buddha

Stay True to Yourself

Stay true to yourself,
because boundaries will
seldom be a problem
for a good person who
truly likes and respects you.

Adelyn Birch

He Had Not Yet Imagined

If he was willing to end his life,
he had nothing to lose by trying
to live ways he had not yet imagined.

Taylor Pearson, on R. Buckminster Fuller

All I Know

All I know is what's
on the Internet.

Donald Trump

Willpower

Willpower is for people who
are still uncertain about what
they want to do.

Helia

Process Life as It Is

Peace is the result of training your mind
to process life as it is, rather than as you
think it should be.

Wayne Dyer

Mind is Its Own Place

The mind is its own place,

and in itself can
make a heaven of hell,
a hell of heaven.

John Milton

Until You Step Onto It

My favorite definition of the mindful path is
the one that reveals itself as you walk down it.
You cannot find the path until you step onto it.

Kelly McGonigal, PhD

That is Freedom

To live your life without expectation -
without the need for specific results -
that is freedom.

Neale Donald Walsch

Nothing Outside You

Nothing outside you can ever give you
what you're looking for.

Byron Katie

Experiments of Nature

I think in terms of every individual
being an experiment of nature.

Lou Cozolino, PhD

The Finish Line

I think we're in a race between
global destruction and
global consciousness,
so we'll see who gets
to the finish line first.

Lou Cozolino, PhD

Fight Against Oppression

The risk with psychology and psychotherapy
is that it can lean too much in the direction
of helping people tolerate rather than
fight against oppression.

Lou Cozolino, PhD

Get At Least Somewhat Angry

In order to combat the social programming

that leads to shame, we have to get at least

somewhat angry - at both the voices in our

head and out in the world that shame us, 

disempower us, keep us from speaking up.

Lou Cozolino, PhD

Just Another Narrative

I don't think neuroscience is
more important than Buddhism -
it's basically just another narrative.

Lou Cozolino, PhD

You Wake Up

Every day you wake up,
you sacrifice the day before,
you move on, you create
a new reality.

Lou Cozolino, PhD

Having the Answer

The degree to which someone is enthusiastic
and adamant about having "the answer"
usually reflects the degree of insecurity
they have and their lack of ability to
tolerate their own ignorance.

Lou Cozolino, PhD