If we continue to simply allow ourselves to be aware of the activity of our minds, we’ll gradually come to recognize the transparent nature of our thoughts, emotions, sensations, and perceptions we once considered solid and real. It’s as though layers of dust and dirt were slowly being wiped away from the surface of a mirror. As we grow accustomed to looking at the clear surface of our minds, we can see through all the gossip about who and what we think we are, and recognize the shining essence of our true nature.
Mingyur Rinpoche
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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living :
- What Buddhists mean by happiness
- Just observe it
- Setting the tone for your entire day
- Your mind just as it is
- Importance of the motivation
- Being diligent
- The best part of all
- Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
- Oh, this is how my mind works
- Trying to do your best
- Neither rejecting nor accepting
- Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
- Thinking of yourself as limited
- The practice of simply observing
- The best form of security
- Meditation on compassion
- Essentially good
- An experience of absolute well-being
- The need to look at the mind