When you slouch, you are trying to hide your heart, protecting it by slumping over. But when you sit upright but relaxed in the posture of meditation, your heart is naked. Your entire being is exposed – to yourself, first of all, but to others as well. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy towards yourself. When you sit erect, you proclaim to yourself and to the rest of the world that you are going to be a warrior, a fully human being.
Chögyam Trungpa
from the book Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
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Further quotes from the book Shambhala:
- Our life is an endless journey
- Refusing to give up on anyone
- A very drastic measury
- Nowness and tradition
- Awaken the Genuine Heart of Sadness
- You can relax and let go wherever you are
- Chaos in the world
- Discovering real goodness
- Appreciate yourself
- Letting the world tickle your heart
- Look
- Discovering fearlessness
- Fear And Bravery
- Appreciate anything that exists
- Connecting to reality
- Discovering magic
- Inquisitiveness
- A magical place
- Stepping out of the cocoon