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Daniel E.

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"The Buddha described the core of our suffering as not remembering who we really are."

~ Tara Brach
 

Daniel E.

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"In resisting trauma and in defending ourselves from feeling its full impact, we deprive ourselves of its truth."[7]

"I think it's so easy to extrapolate from this moment as if we know what's going to happen in a week, or a month, or three months, or six months, or a year. And this is one of those situations. The Buddha was always talking about it, of the importance of uncertainty. That really, we don't know what the next moment is going to bring."

"In this time when people are much more secluded than they're used to, when they're quarantined, when they're in the home, when they don't quite know what to do with themselves, there's a real opportunity to bring this quality of mindful awareness to the particulars of one's life. There's a real opportunity to be much more alive, and awake, and aware in one's day-to-day life."
 

Daniel E.

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“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.” ~Pema Chodron
 

Daniel E.

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Having spent the better part of my life trying either to relive the past or experience the future before it arrives, I have come to believe that in between these two extremes is peace.

~ Source unknown
 

Daniel E.

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In nature, our brains enter a mode called “soft fascination.” Hopman described it as a mindfulness-like state that restores and builds the resources you need to think, create, process information, and execute tasks. It’s mindfulness without the meditation. A short daily nature walk—or even a walk down a tree-lined street—is a great option for people who aren’t keen on sitting and focusing on their breath. But turn off your phone—alerts from it can kick you out of soft-fascination mode.
 

Daniel E.

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Daniel E.

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Euripides
Ουδείς δε θνητών ταις τύχαις ακήρατος.
There is not a man alive who has wholly escaped misfortune.
Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedianHeracles
 
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