I Am Buddha

Even though I am in bed,
I am Buddha.

Shunryu Suzuki

Get Out of Bed

The world can't revolve around me

unless I get out of bed.

Anonymous Meme

Calling It a Life

Are you breathing just a little,
and calling it a life?

Mary Oliver 

Mind Becomes Quiet

The mind starts to become quiet when
it really sees how untrue its narrative is.

Adyashanti

We Are the Witnesses

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

Alan Watts

This We Have Now

This we have now
is not imagination.
This is not grief or joy.
not a judging state,
or an elation or sadness.
Those come and go.
This is the presence
that doesn't.
And ... This we have now.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

The Ultimate Point

This, the immediate, everyday, and

present experience, is it, the entire

and ultimate point for the existence

of a universe.

Alan Watts

Unopened Bottle

Why would you want to keep the heart captive,
like an unopened bottle of wine?

Hafiz

How Do You Know

Try not to resist the changes that are coming your way.
Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that
your life is turning upside down. How do you know that
the side you are used to is better than the one to come?

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

Surrounded by Assholes

Before you diagnose yourself with depression

or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not,

in fact, just surrounded by assholes.

William Gibson

We Can Be Anybody

We are in training to be nobody special.
And it is in that nobody specialness
that we can be anybody.

Ram Dass

Happy Continuation Day

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. To be born means that something which did not exist comes into existence. But the day we are born is not our beginning. It is a day of continuation.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Insanity

Doing the same thing over and over again
and expecting different results.

Unknown

— Unknown

Very Much Reality

Humankind cannot bear
very much reality.

T.S. Eliot

Dancing Nevertheless

We rarely hear the inward music but
we're all dancing to it nevertheless.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

All the Time They Weren't

What an absurd amount of energy
I have been wasting all my life trying
to find out how things "really are,"
when all the time they weren't.

Hugh Prather

Believe It

If something is true, you don't have to believe it.
You only have to believe things that are not true.

Tom Thompson

Sweet Home

You've mentally been living in other people's business
all your life. Just to notice that you're in someone else's
business can bring you back to your wonderful self.
What a sweet place to be. Home.

Byron Katie

How to Deal

Deal with the difficult
by working on the easy.
Deal with the big
by working on the small.

Lao Tzu

At Least One Enemy

If everybody loves you,
something is wrong.
Find at least one enemy
to keep you alert.

Paulo Coelho

See What Happens

Stop making use of your mind
and see what happens.

Nisargadatta Maharaj

What We Believe

Life just happens. It's what we believe 
about life that makes us suffer.

Byron Katie

Real Change

Generally, change in our society is incremental, I think.
Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Your Next Act

Think of the poorest person you know and
see if your next act will be of any use to him.

Mahatma Gandhi

Not Your Path

If the path before you is clear,
you're probably on someone else's.

Carl Jung