Quotes by Practice Hooray for differences! Without them, there would be no harmony. In principles, great clarity. In practices, great charity. Chieko N. Okazaki differencesprinciplespractice Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude. Chip Conley gratitudepracticejoy The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions Chogyam Trungpa experiencing-everythingacceptancepractice The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's constant desire for a higher, more spiritual, more transcendental version of knowledge, religion, virtue, judgment, comfort, or whatever it is that the particular ego is seeking. One must step out of spiritual materialism. Chogyam Trungpa practicespiritualmean Meditation should not be regarded as a learning process. It should be regarded as an experiencing process. You should not try to learn from meditation but try to feel it. Meditation is an act of nonduality. The technique you are using should not be separate from you; it is you, you are the technique. Meditator and meditation are one. There is no relationship involved. Chogyam Trungpa meditationpracticetrying In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden aspects of your personality are brought out into the open, for the simple reason that for the first time you are allowing yourself to see your state of mind as it is. Chogyam Trungpa simplepersonalitypractice The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation. Chogyam Trungpa emphasissituationpractice In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the surface rather than hiding them at the bottom of our minds. It enables us to relate to our lives as something workable. Chogyam Trungpa meditationpracticemind Meditation is another dimension of natural beauty. People talk about appreciating natural beauty-climbing mountains, seeing giraffes and tigers in Africa, and all sorts of things. But nobody seems to appreciate this kind of natural beauty of ourselves. This is actually far more beautiful than flora and fauna, far more fantastic, far more painful and colorful and delightful. Chogyam Trungpa climbingpracticebeautiful We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate action, the mahayana path. Chogyam Trungpa simplicitypracticepath By means of meditation, I feel that we have planted dynamite to transcend the world of confusion. So it would be good if you could practice meditation as much as you can, as much as physically and psychologically possible. You could become more clear and sane, and you could also influence the national neurosis in that way. Chogyam Trungpa confusionpracticemean Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation provides a vehicle to travel on that road. Our journey consists of constant ups and downs. Chogyam Trungpa distancejourneypractice The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the enlightened point of view. Chogyam Trungpa passionpracticeviews We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of people. A lot of people turn to something that they hope will liberate them without their having to face themselves. That is impossible. We can't do that. We have to be honest with ourselves. We have to see our gut, our excrement, our most undesirable parts. We have to see them. That is the foundation of warriorship, basically speaking. Whatever is there, we have to face it, we have to look at it, study it, work with it and practice meditation with it. Chogyam Trungpa practicefearpeople If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some manual work and physical effort is necessary. Chogyam Trungpa journeypracticeprofound Tomorrow’s victory is today’s practice. Chris Bradford victorypracticetoday The danger is different from the fear. ... [practice] what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. Chris Hadfield differentpracticedanger If you're able to build from your falls you'll be unstoppable and damn near fearless. You see, every time you fall down and get back up, you add another piece of body armor to yourself. You learn what not to do, how to do better, and how to create comfort through practice. Chris Hardwick fearlesspracticefall Well, if you count my phone as an access point (which I do), I'm pretty much constantly online unless I'm at an event or practice or something. Chris Kluwe eventsphonespractice I surprised myself with my ability to run. It's kind of like tippy toe running. I would not be able to outrun Indominus Rex, but with enough practice I might be able to make it 40 or 50 feet before I was killed. Chris Pratt practicefeetrunning«3132333435363738394041»
