Quotes About Peace

Vuélvase intensamente con-sciente del momento presente. Esto es algo profundamente satisfactorio. De esa forma usted aparta la conciencia de la actividad de su mente y crea una brecha de no-mente en la que usted está muy alerta y consciente, pero no pensando. Esa es la esencia de la meditación.

Can anxious thought add a single day to your life?

It read: 'Danger. All structures are unstable.' I said to my friend, 'That's a profound sutra [sacred scripture].' And we stood there in awe. Once you realize and accept that all structures (forms) are unstable, even the seemingly solid material ones, peace arises within you. This is because the recognition of the impermanence of all forms awakens you to the dimension of the formless within yourself, that which is beyond death.

Real love doesn't make you suffer. How could it?

The problems of the mind cannot be solved on the level of the mind.

Whereas before you dwelt in time and paid brief visits to the Now, have your dwelling place in the Now and pay brief visits to past and future when required to deal with the practical aspects of your life situation. Always say "yes" to the present moment.

Only those who have transcended the world can bring about a better world.

If you found yourself in paradise, it wouldn't be long before your mind would say "yes, but. . . .

yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

Tao Te Ching.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

El esplendor del momento nos deslumbra de tal modo que nuestras compulsivas mentes charlatanas hacen una pausa, como para no llevarnos mentalmente a un lugar diferente del aquí y el ahora.

You cannot be both unhappy and fully present in the Now.

Once you have disidentified from your mind, whether you are right or wrong makes no difference to your sense of self at all, so the forcefully compulsive and deeply unconscious need to be right, which is a form of violence, will no longer be there. You can state clearly and firmly how you feel or what you think, but there will be no aggressiveness or defensiveness about it. Your sense of self is then derived from a deeper and truer place within yourself, not from the mind.

quiere crear más dolor para usted y para los demás, si no quiere aumentar más el residuo de sufrimiento pasado que aún vive en usted, no cree más tiempo, o al menos no más del necesario para manejar los aspectos prácticos de su vida. ¿Cómo detener la producción de tiempo? Dése cuenta profundamente de que el momento presente es todo lo que tiene.

At this moment, this is what you feel," I said. "There is nothing you can do about the fact that at this moment this is what you feel. Now, instead of wanting this moment to be different from the way it is, which adds more pain to the pain that is already there, is it possible for you to completely accept that this is what you feel right now?

sentirse agradecido por el momento presente

Nothing can give you joy. Joy is uncaused and arises from within as the joy of Being. It is an essential part of the inner state of peace, the state that has been called the peace of God. It is your natural state, not something that you need to work hard for or struggle to attain.

Dondequiera que esté, esté plena-mente allí. Si encuentra su aquí y ahora intolerable y lo hace infeliz, tiene tres opciones: apártese de la situación, cámbiela o acéptela totalmente.

The happiness that is derived from some secondary source is never very deep. It is only a pale reflection of the joy of Being, the vibrant peace that you find within as you enter the state of nonresistance. Being takes you beyond the polar opposites of the mind and frees you from dependency on form. Even if everything were to collapse and crumble all around you, you would still feel a deep inner core of

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad.

If you cannot accept what is outside, then accept what is inside. If you cannot accept the external condition, accept the internal condition. This means: Do not resist the pain. Allow it to be there. Surrender to the grief, despair, fear, loneliness, or whatever form the suffering takes. Witness it without labeling it mentally. Embrace it. Then see how the miracle of surrender transmutes deep suffering into deep peace. This is your crucifixion. Let it become your resurrection and ascension.

I am glad, he said, that I do not dwell in your country among such savage peoples. Here, in Caspak, men fight with men when they meet - men of different races - but their weapons are first for the slaying of beasts in the chase and defense. We do not fashion weapons solely for the killing of man as do your peoples. Your country must indeed be a savage country, from which you are fortunate to have escaped to the peace and security of Caspak.

We are to think (of the dead) that they pass into a better place and a happier condition.