I continually notice that I need to be ever vigilant to the fact that social media and technology are a “black hole” of my time and emotional energy.

There is a precarious balance we need to strike as we navigate around the edges of the “techno black hole” to make good use of informational resources without being sucked in. #mindfulnessandyechnology

"Trying to end suffering without first understanding the cause is like pulling on a rope that's stuck. You just pull the end of the rope over here. The other end of the rope is still stuck over there so it never comes. What to do to make it come?

It does not come free because you never seek out the source, the root. You just get lost in pulling on this end. What is it stuck on? It must be stuck on something, and that's why it doesn't come. Go to the source, untie the knot, and be free." The Teachings of Ajahn Chah

How to start meditating. gq.com/story/how-to-f…

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Just understand your mind: how it works, how attachment and desire arise, how ignorance arises, where emotions come from. It is sufficient to know the nature of all that; just that gives so much happiness and peace. —Lama Thubten Yeshe, “Chocolate Cake”

Joy creates a spaciousness in the mind that allows us to hold the suffering we experience inside us and around us without becoming overwhelmed, without collapsing into helplessness or despair. —James Baraz, “Lighten Up!

Read about some common barriers to meditation—and ways to overcome them. blog.calm.com/blog/no-excuse…

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Any time we are abruptly thrown off course, it is an opportunity to reexamine our lives, our values, and where we are headed. —Judy Lief, “Welcome to the Real World”

Our mind wanders incessantly, but our body and senses are always in the present. To investigate our embodied experience is to investigate the living present. #DailyDharma tricy.cl/3rzSr4l

When we look carefully, we discover that the #senseofself is not a particle that never changes, but rather a flow, a wave of thought and feeling that can increase and decrease and is therefore #notpermanent. #ShinzenYoung

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