Buddhist psychology, secular & contemplative
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I have no quarrel with reality.
—Buddha
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Striving to better,
oft we mar what's well.
—William Shakespeare
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There is no controlling life.
—Danna Faulds
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I want more,
impossible to ignore
impossible to ignore
―Cranberries
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It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.
―Thich Nhat Hanh
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All of humanity's problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
—Blaise Pascal
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It’s in our nature.
—José González
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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
―Oscar Wilde
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i do not weep
because i'm unhappy
i weep because I have everything
yet i am unhappy
―rupi kaur
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I love you
when I forget about me.
―Joni Mitchell
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Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional.
—Buddhist saying
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Only resistance creates suffering.
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Resistance is suffering.
—Buddha
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
—Chinese Proverb
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The path is the goal.
—Chögyam Trungpa
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Toward a psychology of awakening
The key, and the name of the key is willingness
How you do anything is how you do everything
The journey to where we already are
The art that illustrates another reality
Through the gateway of the senses