Quotes Tagged ‘openness’

“The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, so that one never withdraws or centralizes into oneself.”

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Tags: practice, meditation, acceptance, openness, emotions, presence, ati, maha ati, dzogchen

“Of course, it does take some effort at the beginning to connect with your heart. But at some point the heart takes over and starts to evolve by itself.”

by Pema Chodron from Tonglen: the Path of Transformation
Tags: tonglen, compassion, openness, emotions

“Letting go of hope is not fatalistic. Hope itself contains a lot of desperation and denial, so surrendering it is actually an opening.”

by Pema Chodron from Tonglen: the Path of Transformation
Tags: hope, letting go, denial, openness