Quiet Lotus Meditation

“Resting in the breath, the inward breath and the outward breath, I am held in present moment awareness.”

“Pain has been my greatest teacher. It crippled me, then made me stand. Then walk. Then run. When I could run no more, it taught me to be present. Then it left. When I meet pain, I smile to it for its reminder to return to the ease of this moment, of this breath.”

“If you ever feel like you are drowning in worries, stay with your breath. Follow it all the way in and all the way out. It will hold you safely in the present moment, above the tide of your fears.”

“Every judgement I make hides the light of a star in my sky.

“Peace does not come from outside you. Peace comes from within. If you lie in a field of wild flowers, watching the clouds drift, and feel peaceful, that peace isn’t the quiet of the poppies dreaming. That peace is you, with you wherever you go.”

“The gentle rain of solitude washes the world from me. In its quiet waters, I see my unpainted self between silence and song.”