Quotes About Understanding

Thought can at best point to the truth, but it never is the truth. That's why Buddhists say "The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon.

When there is anger there is always pain underneath.

In Shakespeare's words, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

You may think that you need more time to understand the past or become free of it, in other words, that the future will eventually free you of the past. This is a delusion. Only the present can free you of the past. More time cannot free you of time.

This diminishment of the ego gives rise to empathy and compassion beyond tribal, racial, national, or religious affiliations.

To see one's predicament clearly is a first step toward going beyond it.

When you realize it's not personal, there is no longer a compulsion to react as if it were. By

la mente siempre tratará de meterlo en una cajita y después ponerle una etiqueta.

We can never understand this higher order through thinking about it because whatever we think about is content; whereas, the higher order emanates from the formless realm of consciousness, from universal intelligence. But we can glimpse it, and more than that, align ourselves with it, which means be conscious participants in the unfolding of that higher purpose.

We can never understand this higher order through thinking about it because whatever we think about is content;

You cannot understand it through thought, but you can sense it when you let go of thought, become still and alert, and don't try to understand or explain.

To love is to recognise yourself in another.

True intelligence operates silently.

The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon.

La mente no puede conocer al árbol. Sólo puede conocer hechos o información sobre el árbol. Mi mente no puede conocerlo a usted, sólo etiquetas, juicios, hechos y opiniones sobre usted. Sólo el Ser conoce directamente.

Una palabra no es más que un medio para llegar a un fin. Es una abstracción. De forma parecida a un poste indicador, señala algo más allá de sí misma. La palabra miel no es miel. Usted puede estudiar y hablar de la miel todo el tiempo que quiera, pero no la conocerá realmente hasta que la pruebe. Después

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?" 1

las personas no saben escuchar porque la mayor parte de su atención está ocupada en pensar. Prestan más atención a eso que a lo que la otra persona está diciendo

Everything is shown up by being exposed to the light, and whatever is exposed to the light itself becomes light.

Cuando estás presente, cuando tu atención está plena e intensamente en el ahora, puedes sentir el Ser, pero nunca podrás entenderlo mentalmente.

When you realize that what you react to in others is also in you (and sometimes only in you), you begin to become aware of your own ego.

If you think you are so enlightened," Ram Dass said, "go and spend a week with your parents.

What you react to in another you strengthen within yourself.

There is nothing that you need to understand before you can become present.