... I thought with all this freedom and self-discovery and expression of our love stuff that we could finally stop with the whole Zen master wisdom and practical advice crap.
I practice neither black nor white magic. What I do is a technology that I use for my own individual purposes. I don’t strive to be a member of a club.
Loving is like any other art-craft where the masters have carefully practiced and where the novices have languished in their carelessness.
Far too many advocates rail against this or that sexual practice; few state clearly and explicitly what we are for.
I teach our young men that respect is earned each day on the practice field, in the classroom, and how each young man lives his life.
[T]he scale of a man's evil is not entirely to be measured by its practical consequences. Men commit evil within the scope available to them.
I'd had much practice turning my mind away from certain memories of my childhood. I could quickly dial her remembered voice from a whisper to a silence.
The calligraphy reads, “Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.” Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of Buddha, or practicing meditation is nothing other than studying ourselves.
It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to search for prejudices among the beliefs and values we hold.
To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us in the same position as racists who give preference to those who are members of their race.
Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most.
Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.
There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart.
Sometimes the journey to love involves some bumpy detours, as any girl with an - ex-fiance will tell you. But I've learned a smooth trip isn't particularly important. Getting there is what matters.
As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for “instructions.
I feel it respectful to observe and practice new customs, if I am to ever understand what it truly means to be human.
As the practical value of altering consciousness becomes recognized, procedures to effect these alterations will become increasingly ordinary and unremarkable. The whole concept of changing states of consciousness will cease to have a threatening or ...
By identifying that which is disrupting our current moment of bliss, so too can we then take the logical and practical steps to amend the problem.
The ultimate language of yoga is expressed in doing yoga, a practice that transcends words as we open our lives to living more consciously through the infinite wisdom of the heart.
It's just that you are practiced at persuading, and sometimes it's quite difficult, sir to distinguish being persuaded by you from being knocked down in street and stamped on. Pg.406
Ideally, love is unconditional; practically, it is more often the opposite.
