Weekend Zen, December 2-3

Breath by breath, let go of fear, 

expectation, anger, regret, 

cravings, frustration, fatigue. 

Let go of the need for approval. 

Let go of old judgments and opinions.

~ Surya Das

Daily Zen - Friday, December 1

Real difficulties can be overcome;

it is only the imaginary ones

that are unconquerable.

~ Theodore Vail

Daily Zen - Thursday, November 30

Practicing gratitude for the everyday

things in life that we often take for 

granted can offer a whole new

perspective and sense of joy in life.

~ Melissa Eisler

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 29

The more faithfully you listen to

the voice within you, the better you

will hear what is sounding outside.

~ Dag Hammarskjold

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 28

The greatest thing in the world

is to know how to be oneself.

~ Michel De Montaigne

Daily Zen - Monday, November 27

If we can really understand the problem, 

the answer will come out of it, because the 

answer is not separate from the problem.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Weekend Zen, November 25-26

If you ask people what kind of activities bring

them pleasure, it's usually contact with nature, 

things that are creative, and relationships 

with people, and the things we do to live 

simply bring us all of those satisfactions.

~ Jeanne Roy

Daily Zen - Friday, November 24

That's what I consider 

true generosity; you give

your all, and yet you always

feel as if it costs you nothing.

~ Simone de Beauvoir 

Daily Zen - Thursday, November 23 (Thanksgiving Edition)

Not what we have 

but what we enjoy, 

constitutes our abundance.

~ Epicurus 

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 22

Now and then, 

it's good to pause in

our pursuit of happiness

and just be happy.

~ Guillaume Apollinaire

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 21

Whatever comes,

don't push it away.

When it goes,

do not grieve.

~ Mooji

Daily Zen - Monday, November 20

Don't wait for extraordinary 

opportunities. Seize common 

occasions and make them great.

~ Orison Swett Marden

Weekend Zen, November 18-19

See what you are.

Don't ask others,

don't let others tell

you about yourself.

Look within and see.

~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Daily Zen - Friday, November 17

The heart is like a garden;

it can grow compassion or

fear, resentment or love. 

What seeds will you plant?

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Thursday, November 16

Learning is not attained by chance;

it must be sought for with ardor

and attended with diligence.

~ Abigail Adams

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 15

Where can the self go

when all that is, is within.

~ Yoga Vashishta

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 14

I've learned that 

making a "living"

is not the same thing

as making a "life."

~ Maya Angelou

Daily Zen - Monday, November 13

Free yourself from the illusion 

of good and bad days. Labeling 

time makes us nostalgic of the 

past and demanding of the future. 

There is only here and now. Let it be.

~ Ram Dass

Weekend Zen, November 11-12

It seems to me that we all 

look at nature too much, 

and live with her too little.

~ Oscar Wilde 

Daily Zen - Friday, November 10

Each moment is all being, 

each moment is the entire world.

Reflect now whether any being or any

world is left out of the present moment.

~ Dögen