Quotes About Engagement

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

We build loyalty not by giving out job descriptions and offices, but by giving ourselves.

It takes two to be serious

Republicans won in 2010 and 2014 because some 40 million fewer Americans vote in midterms than in presidential elections, and a substantial majority of those 40 million is inclined toward the Democrats.

It was as if God had decreed this characterless engagement of brainless forces as his answer to the human presumption.

Practice presence -- embrace the place where life happens.

Doing one thing at a time" is how one Zen Master defined the essence of Zen. Doing one thing at a time means to be total in what you do, to give it your complete attention.This is surrendered action — empowered action.

You will enjoy any activity in which you are fully present...

You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do. And, of course, you cannot be present unless you become friendly with the present moment. That is the basis for effective action, uncontaminated by negativity.

Get out of your head and into the moment.

Then what is the relationship between something that you do and the state of joy? You will enjoy any activity in which you are fully present, any activity that is not just a means to an end. It isn't the action you perform that you really enjoy, but the deep sense of aliveness that flows into

The peace that comes with surrendered action turns to a sense of aliveness when you actually enjoy what you are doing.

See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.

Say "yes" to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.

The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now — that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality.

The most important, the primordial relationship in your life is your relationship with the Now, or rather with whatever form the Now takes, that is to say, what is or what happens.

When instead of acting against a situation, you merge with it, the solution arises out of the situation itself.

NO TE PREOCUPES POR EL FRUTO DE TUS ACCIONES: mantente atento a la acción misma. El fruto ya vendrá cuando corresponda.

full attention means full acceptance.

When instead of reacting against a situation, you merge with it, the solution arises out of the situation itself.

O cuando se lave las manos, preste atención a todas las percepciones sensoriales asociadas con la actividad:

Abandone la espera como un estado mental. Cuando se sorprenda a sí mismo cayendo en ella...salga inmediatamente.

The modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness. You need to be vigilant to make sure that one of them operates whenever you are in engaged in doing anything at all—from the most simple task to the most complex. If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are creating suffering for yourself and others.