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Brenda Shoshanna Quotes

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If one’s sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Whatever we can’t love or accept in another, is a mirror of something we can’t love or accept in ourselves  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you’ll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) When we are able to receive life’s challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing.  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) What seems good turns bad, what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) We learn the process of emptying out, cleaning house, both within and without  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) All conflict we experience in the world, is a conflict within our own selves  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can accept the life that presents itself to you now  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it truly is  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) It is a mistake to expect all of our needs to be met by one person or in one relationship. Honor and be grateful for that which you receive. Don’t become bitter and spend all your time focusing on that which the person is not able to provide  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) The facts of our lives, when we are able to know them, will free us from the torment we are in. When we can bear reality thoroughly, suffering is over. Pain may exist, but it is only pain. Suffering is what we add to pain  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) When we are willing to accept our experience, just as it is, a strange thing happens: it changes into something else. When we avoid pain, struggle not to feel it, pain turns into suffering  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is, is the nature of all delusion  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) When we are able to receive life’s challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) If one’s sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) We create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes) In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are  (Brenda Shoshanna Quotes)