“The more that we can take the time to do things that bring us to center such as meditate, dance, sing, and spend time in nature, the easier it is for us to distinguish that quiet ever-present whisper in our lives.” Jana Hexter (Forget about ‘Tapping into Your Intuition’)

“By witnessing how we are, in our body, heart, and mind, we become armed with the necessary information needed to respond thoughtfully and with care.” Jill Satterfield (Meditation in Motion)

“By resting in the acceptance that every facet of experience exists as perfectly-orchestrated catalysts of divine perfection, a willingness to accept how everything is only here to be loved instinctively moves you into the reality of eternal grace.” Matt Kahn (A Deeper Surrender)

“The most direct thing that I can say to you is to not believe your mind. Shift your focus from the mind to the Heart, which means affectionate awareness and stillness. Your mind will not like you doing this at first but with some time and patience, and more than a little love, your mind’s reactions to the old beliefs crumbling will become less and less troubling.”  Adyashanti (Redemptive Love” study course)

“Suffering is primarily a call for attention, which itself is a movement of love. More than happiness, love wants growth, the widening and deepening of awareness and consciousness and being.  Whatever prevents that, becomes a cause of pain, and love does not shirk from pain.”  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“We alone are the problem because everything other than ourself comes into seeming existence only when we rise as this ego, and we alone are the solution to this problem because it is only by attending to ourself alone that we can dissolve this illusory ego that we now seem to be.” Ramana Maharshi Foundation (social media post)

“To use your mind in a natural way means to avoid trying to control it. The more you try to control your mind, the more stray thoughts will come up to bother you.  In fact, the very fear of stray thoughts is another stray thought.  Therefore, if you have many stray thoughts, consider it a natural phenomenon and do not despise them.”  Master Sheng-yen (Being Natural)

“Simply by surrendering your need, desire, or tendency to fight your mind, fight your feelings, fight your symptoms, fight with others, fight with criticism, or any perceivable struggle or injustice, you become an open space through which the light of Divinity shines through for the evolution of all.” Matt Kahn (My mind is my shelter)

“The ego either needs something to fight for or something to fight against. …  When change isn’t something to fight for or fight against, you become the change you wish to see by allowing life to change you for the better.”  Matt Kahn (My mind is my shelter)

“Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning.” Mother Theresa (Love Seeks to Serve)