October Thoughts

Ram Dass Quotes

“I think in relationships, you create an environment with your own work on yourself, which you offer to another human being to use to grow in the way they need to grow. You keep working – you become the soil – moist and soft and receptive so the person can grow the way they need to grow, because how do you know how they should grow?

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“From the soul’s point of view, you come to appreciate that each one of us is living out his or her own karma. We interact together, and those interactions are the grist for each other’s mill of awakening. From a personality point of view, you develop judgment, but from the soul’s point of view, you develop appreciation. This shift from judging to appreciating — to appreciating yourself and what your karmic predicament is, and who other beings are with their own karma — brings everything into a simple loving awareness.

To be free means to open your heart and your being into the fullness of who you are, because only when you are resting in the place of unity can you truly honor and appreciate others and the incredible diversity of the universe.”

https://beherenownetwork.com

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How to Stop Beating Yourself Up

by Bodhipaksa, Wildmind.org

“Mindfulness creates a sacred pause in which we can learn to accept difficult feelings with equanimity, to allow kinder attitudes toward ourselves to emerge, and to put our own suffering in perspective, recognizing that it’s simply a part of the human condition, and not something unique to us.

Mindfulness is not something that we can only do in meditation. It’s a quality of attentiveness to whatever is arising, whether we’re working, walking, talking with a friend, showering, reading, or driving.

Mindfulness is a quality of attention that we can, in principle, bring in to any moment of our lives. We don’t need to be perfectly mindful — let’s take away that particular excuse for beating ourselves up. But there are certain critical moments in the unfolding of our thoughts, feelings, and actions where a little mindful attention can make the difference between creating misery for ourselves and creating space, acceptance, and kindness.”

How to Stop Beating Yourself Up (on youtube – 30 min) https://youtu.be/WjTmMmk46Ms

A step-by-step guide to cultivating self-compassion, from a presentation Bodhipaksa recorded for En*theos Academy. Check out Wildmind's online meditation courses at http://wildmind.org/events

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Actualized (Are you? Maybe want to be?)

Dozens of free videos offer Leo Gura's insights into the world of being.

https://www.actualized.org

Some topic titles:

Low Quality vs High Quality Consciousness (How to measure your level of consciousness)

The 64 Most Fascinating Questions A Human Can Ask

Guided Meditation - The Next Level Of Meditation 

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Namaste ૐ