"Awareness releases reality to change you."
Anthony de Mello
“The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we’re seeking inner peace or global peace or a combination of the two, the way to experience it is to build on the foundation of unconditional openness to all that arises. Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges or free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.”
Taking the Leap, Pema Chodron
“Understanding is the substance out of which we fabricate compassion. What kind of understanding am I talking about? It is the understand that the other person suffers too. When we suffer, we tend to believe that we are the victims of other people, that we are the only ones who suffer. That is not true the other person also suffers. He has his difficulties, his fears, and his worries, too. If we could only see the pain within him, we would begin to understand him. Once understanding is present, compassion becomes possible.”.”
Be Free Where You Are, Thich Nhat Hanh
