To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us.
– Allan Lokos
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- Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind. – Criss Jami
- Choices, Choices, Choices!Listen to your instincts; you will make the best-choices. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it. – Allan Lokos
- Loving others is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Altruism that rewards one’s self. – Allan Lokos
- …it is often more difficult to remember to be mindful than to be mindful itself. (p. 47) – Donald Rothberg
- The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace. – Allan Lokos
- Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don’t look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness. – Allan Lokos
- We are all in this together. Our happiness inextricably is tied to that of all beings. – Allan Lokos
- Now the choices you make are not about finding your path. Rather, they are choices to open the path you have found. – Ilchi Lee
- I did pray. I kept on Praying. But prayer did nothing to alleviate their suffering. – Shsaku End
- Modern traveling is not traveling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel. – John Ruskin
- Traveling can get kind of lonely sometimes, er-¦ no, not traveling. What is the word? Life. Life can get kind of lonely. – John Mulaney
- Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you. – Nicolas Bouvier
- The choices in the now are the choices of all your tomorrows combined – Scott Allan
- The path of love is not a tedious path. It’s a path of joy. It’s a path of singing and dancing. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- What you perceive as rejection is really someone making choices based on their needs at that time – Scott Allan
- Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach. – Allan Lokos
- The experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception. – Allan Lokos
- Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important. – Allan Lokos
- Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are. – Allan Lokos
- Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts. – Allan Lokos
- Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer. – Allan Lokos
- There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress. – Allan Lokos
- A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations. – Allan Lokos
- Our actions speak for us & they speak loudly. – Allan Lokos
- People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha. – Allan Lokos
- You cannot control the results, only your actions. – Allan Lokos
- No one looks or feels attractive when angry. – Allan Lokos
- To forgive does not mean to condone. – Allan Lokos
- The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion. – Allan Lokos
- Patience has all the time it needs. – Allan Lokos
- Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself. – Allan Lokos
- One who is patient glows with an inner radiance. – Allan Lokos
- Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease. – Allan Lokos
- Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience. – Allan Lokos
- You actions are your only true belongings. – Allan Lokos
- We cannot force the development of mindfulness. – Allan Lokos
- Patience is born when we create a pause between our experience of a feeling and our response to that feeling. – Allan Lokos
- Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy. – Allan Lokos
- To forgive does not mean to forget. – Allan Lokos