Dragonfly's pond

“The moment we make the cultivation of love and awareness the most important thing in our life, we will find our way to peace, harmony and freedom. But the training is subtle and we can only let go of the different manifestations of our desire and fear, when they appear in front of us. Until that moment they lie dormant, perhaps for a very long time, waiting for the right conditions to arise so they can show themselves. Therefore, we have not failed when anger or frustration and our endless desires stand before us, because we need these things to show us the way beyond their power. And so it is said, ‘without our suffering how could we be free from our suffering?’ When these different qualities of mind appear, we have not stepped of the path, it is only our past habits come to show us the way beyond them and so arises the wonderful opportunity to see, know and finally let go of our attachment and identification with them as being who and what we are. This is how we train. With awareness we see. With love we accept. With wisdom we respond. This is the whole of Dhamma. May all beings be happy”

“See and realise that this world is not permanent. Neither late nor early flowers will remain.”

“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”

“True silence is really endless speech.”

“Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.”

“It is very obvious that you know you are, but who is it that knows you are?”