Quote of the day

[Geoff-Allen]

"Meditation is not anything of the mind, it is something beyond the mind. The first step is to be playful about it. If you are playful about it, mind cannot destroy your meditation. Otherwise it will turn it into another ego trip; it will make you very serious. You will start thinking, 'I am a great meditator. I am holier than other people, and the whole world is just worldly – I am religious, I am virtuous.' That's what has happened to thousands of so-called saints, moralists, puritans: they are just playing ego games, subtle ego games."

~ Osho

http://www.osho.com/meditate/what-is-meditation/playful

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Meditation takes place when you bring all your awareness to this moment."

~ Brandon Bays

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.”

~ Frank Tyger

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"When your love is not just a desire for the other, when your love is not only a need, when your love is a sharing, when your love is not that of a beggar but an emperor, when your love is not asking for something in return but is ready only to give – to give for the sheer joy of giving – then add meditation to it and the pure fragrance is released. That is compassion; compassion is the highest phenomenon."

~ Osho

https://www.quotezine.com/osho-quotes/

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

~ Rumi

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Even more quotes along with some lovely images -

My Favorite Picture Quotes

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[Geoff-Allen]

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see."

~ Alexandra Trenfor

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

~ William James

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Our purpose is simple - to love. To love each other, to love all life and to love our earth."

~ Anthony Douglas Williams

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Life is not meant to be serious. Laughter is even more uplifting and healing than any form of prayer, meditation or chanting."

~ Anita Moorjani

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others."

~ Chogram Trungpa

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[Geoff-Allen]

"We fear disturbance, change, fear to bring to light and to talk about what is painful. Suffering often feels like failure, but is actually the door into growth. And growth does not cease to be painful at any age."

~ May Sarton

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Here's a few more from Osho -

17 Osho Quotes That’ll Make You Celebrate Your Existence.

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[Geoff-Allen]

"When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him."

~ Thomas Szasz

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

~ Lao Tzu

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.”

~ J.C. Penney

More at this excellent site -

Inspiring Quotes of the Week ~ Gratitude

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.”

~ Yiddish Proverb

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.”

~ Thomas Szasz

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.”

~ Hugh Prather

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you’re going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.”

~ Butch Hancock