“It takes energy to look into suffering and to see what has brought about that suffering.  But this insight will lead us to see how to end our suffering, and the path needed to do so.  When we embrace our suffering, we see its origins, and we that it can end because there is a path.  Our suffering is at the center.  When we look at compost, we see the flowers.  When we look into the sea of fire, we see a lotus.  The path that does not run away from but embraces our suffering is the path that will lead us to liberation.” Thich Nhat Hanh

“It is not always necessary for us to deal directly with our suffering.  Sometimes we can just allow it to lie dormant in our store consciousness, and we use the opportunity to touch the refreshing and healing elements within us and around us with our mindfulness.”  Thich Nhat Hanh

“There are always moments when one feels empty and estranged.  Such moments are the most desirable, for it means the soul has cast its moorings and is sailing for distant places.  This is detachment — when the old is over and the new has not yet come.  If you are afraid the state may be distressing, there is really nothing to be afraid of.  Remember the instruction: Whatever you come across – go beyond.”  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Sitting in stillness is all about going to the root of being.  This root is also the root of movement, energy, and emptiness.  The mind may be busy, but you can open to the silence from which thought arises.”  Adyashanti

“The supreme meaning is great and small, it is as wide as the space of the starry Heaven and as narrow as the cells of the living body.”  Carl G. Jung

“To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality in fact is.”  Carl G. Jung

“Even the ugliest of doubts and the most separate of differences rise from the beautiful source as Isness.  In Self there are no do’s or don’ts.  If there is unhappiness, you are not unhappy, you are the Untouched Awareness of this unhappiness.  As waves are not separate from the ocean, nor rays from sun, you are not separate from existence.  You are the Moment in which all is.”  Papaji

“Surrender is giving oneself up to the origin of one’s Being.  In due course, we will know that our glory lies where we cease to exist.”  Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The urge to become what one is is invincibly strong, and you can always count on it, but that does not mean that things will necessarily turn out positively.  If you are not interested in your own fate, the unconscious is.”  Carl G. Jung

“In an absolute sense, everything happens quite spontaneously.  You don’t need to think about it.  When you’re in a deep state of realization, the reason life seems to flow for you is because you’re not resisting it.”  Adyashanti