“Meditation is the basis for all inner work...”
We might struggle conscientiously to change our limiting qualities; we might saturate ourselves with instruction and help, both concrete and subtle. Yet in the end, it is the direct, naked encounter with our own Awareness that shifts our understanding of who we are and gives us the power to stand firmly in the center of our Being. No one else can do this for us. Only meditation unlocks those doors.
- Sally Kempton, The Heart of Meditation
“When you begin to touch your heart...”
When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.
- Pema Chodron