
“Meditation is a balancing act between attention and relaxation.”
― The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind
― The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Don’t set goals for yourself that are too high to reach. Be gentle with yourself. You are trying to follow your own breathing continuously and without a break. That sounds easy enough, so you will have a tendency at the outset to push yourself to be scrupulous and exacting. This is unrealistic. Take time in small units instead.”
― Mindfulness in Plain English
― Mindfulness in Plain English
“I suggest that if you were able to focus your attention at will, you could actually choose the universe you appear to inhabit.”
― The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind
― The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind
“Again and again, counteract the agitation and turbulence of the mind by relaxing more deeply, not by contracting the body or mind.”
― The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind
― The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Poverty and hardship are created by false thinking.”
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

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