Quotes About Energy

Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment

Meditation consists of generating three kinds of energy: mindfulness, concentration, and insight. These three energies give us power to nourish happiness and take care of our suffering. Suffering may be there. But with the energy of mindfulness, concentration, and insight, we can embrace and take care of that suffering and nourish happiness at the same time.

Hell is in us, like a seed. We need to cultivate the positive within us so we can generate the energy of understanding and compassion and transform hell.

you are part of the universe; you are made of stars

Our feelings are us, and for that moment we are those feelings. We needn't be intoxicated or terrorized by them, nor do we need to reject them. The practice of not clinging to or rejecting feelings is an important part of meditation. If we face our feelings with care, affection, and non violence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and nourishing.

The horse is our habit energy pulling us along, and we are powerless. We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war within ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.

We all need a friend to help remind us from time to time. If no one else is there, the sound of the bell can be that friend, reminding us to recognize and smile at our old habit energies. In that way, we can become free of them.

The root of that craving is our habit energy.When we look deeply at it, we can begin to untie the knot.

Habit energy is there in all of us in the form of seeds transmitted from our ancestors, our grandparents, and our parents, as well as seeds created by the difficulties we ourselves have experienced. Often we're unaware of these energies operating in us. We may want to be in a committed relationship but our habit energies can color our perceptions, direct our behaviors, and make our lives difficult. With mindfulness, we can become aware of the habit energy that has been passed down to us.

The energy of mindfulness has the element of friendship and loving kindness in it.

Mindfulness is the energy that makes us fully present, fully alive in the here and the now.

Practicing meditation, we can generate the energies of mindfulness and concentration. These energies will lead us back to the insight that nothing is really born or dies. We can truly remove our fear of death. When we understand that we cannot be destroyed, we are liberated from fear. It is a great relief. Nonfear is the ultimate joy. If

Mindfulness is the energy that allows us to recognize our habit energy and prevent it from dominating us.

Rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd

The third nutriment is volition. This is your desire, your hope, your aspiration. It's the energy that keeps you alive. You want to be someone. You want to do something with your life. If you're motivated by compassion and love, your volition will give you the energy and direction to grow and become even more loving and compassionate.

Te invito a que pienses profundamente en la práctica de la plena consciencia como una forma maravillosa de proporcionar alimento espiritual, tanto a tu comunidad como a ti mismo. Esa es una energía capaz de alimentar al mundo. Y cuando ves que esta práctica nutre al mundo, te sientes muy feliz porque estás conectado con la vida y sirviéndola de un modo muy real.

Todos tenemos en nuestro interior bloqueos procedentes de la energía de los hábitos. Esta clase de energía inconsciente nos hace repetir la misma conducta miles de veces. Nos empuja a correr de un lado a otro, a estar haciendo siempre alguna cosa, a dejarnos llevar por nuestros pensamientos sobre el pasado o el futuro y a culpar a los demás de nuestro sufrimiento. Bloquea nuestra capacidad de sentirnos serenos y felices en el momento presente.

If we know how to handle the little sufferings, we don't have to suffer on a daily basis. We can practice letting go of what the French call les petites miseres, the little miseries, and save our energy to embrace and soothe the true pains of illness and loss that are unavoidable.

To me, the Five Mindfulness Trainings are the substance of a bodhisattva. A bodhisattva is a living being animated by the strong desire to help awaken other people, relieve their suffering, and bring them happiness. By receiving the Five Mindfulness Trainings and being determined to live our lives accordingly, we become bodhisattvas and we live not only for ourselves, but for the well-being of others; our life serves as a source of energy for their happiness.

Before Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz, nobody ever said, 'I'm a crunk artist. I make crunk music.'

My most joy that I have is dancing.

Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.

I'm caught somewhere between introversion and extroversion. Performance is natural to me, joyful, but it is also exhausting. I can feed on it, but the expense is high, too, like being a carnivore: I have to chase down my meals.

You can have a bad day, but as soon as you set foot on that stage it's joyous.