East and west

OH, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgement Seat;But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth!

-- Kipling, 1889

Splinter

We have to develop a sensitivity to doing wrong as to a splinter in the feet. Even very small, we feel straight away it isn't right.

Mc Mindfulness?

Nothing is lost when you use mindfulness only for productivity--rather, some things aren't fully gained yet.

Stolp

De Dhamma bestuderen in het heilige leven is net als de stolp van de kaas: het zorgt dat de smaak erin blijft.

Good and bad

Doing good is always, in a way,  correcting or going against something bad.

Change

You can't bring about change in your life without being able to face pain. The essence of self-conquest is learning to leave your comfort zone behind and facing pain. To finally reach a higher bliss.

Meditating throughout the day

The essence of meditating during every moment of the day is to simply stop waiting for the conditions to be right.