Quotes About Clarity

Freedom should be manifested within clear ethical guidelines and an egalitarian feedback structure. Informed

unbalanced view of the nature of sensory experience.

your attention is pointed directly toward the richness of the Source.

It's not intuitively obvious that noting Gone would bring fulfillment, but many people over the ages have discovered this, hence the Sanskrit word nirvana. Are there any other counterintuitive "Gone goodies"? Indeed, yes. There is one more major one.

The myriad of complex meanings is simplified into a tetrad of basic states: mental image without any accompanying mental talk, mental talk without any accompanying mental image, image and talk at the same time, or absence of both image and talk (a moment of total mental tranquility).

I said, "Some people do know more than others. That contributes to the impression that someone, somewhere,knows the whole thing." [p. 38]

An abundance of commonsense is called wisdom.

Words were made only for babblers, women, and lawyers. Like Bismarck once said: "Words were given to us to hide our thoughts.

When you get down to it, isn't the truth better than alibis, flim-flam, or makeshift excuses?

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

sometimes we need someone else to open our eyes to what's really going on in our lives!

Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.

To live without an aim is to wander in a wilderness

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

When you bow, you should just bow; when you sit, you should just sit; when you eat, you should just eat.

When we have our body and mind in order, everything else will exist in the right place, in the right way.

We should not attach to some fancy ideas or to some beautiful things. We should not seek for something good. The truth is always near at hand, within your reach.

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.

Not to be attached to something is to be aware of its absolute value. Everything you do should be based on such an awareness, and not on material or self-centered ideas of value.

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

Actually the best way to relieve your mental suffering is to sit in zazen, even in such a confused state of mind and bad posture.

If you want to discover the true meaning of Zen in your everyday life, you have to understand the meaning of keeping your mind on your breathing and your body in the right posture in zazen.

This is the mystery. When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything. So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others, and you will be helped by others. Before you make your own way you cannot help anyone, and no one can help you. To

The true purpose is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.