A meditative state is pure perception: not being conceptual about the here-and-now. That’s what most zen discipline is about: not past-tripping, not future-tripping, and not being conceptual in the here-and-now. —Stephen Gaskin
More Smart Sayings
Smart saying. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. —Henry David Thoreau
Smart saying. I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. —Henry David Thoreau
Smart saying. The person who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life which is impossible to the pure egoist. —Bertrand Russell
Smart saying. Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. —Michel de Montaigne
Smart saying. When people are being unjustly oppressed they should not let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression. —Malcolm X
Smart saying. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Smart saying. Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. —Buddha
Smart saying. It is difficult not to write satire. —Juvenal
Smart saying. If you possessed the rarest of elements, the most precious gem, how would you treat it? And what if you knew it was you? Never again, until the end of time, will God see through your eyes. I invite you to come to terms with this truth and live accordingly. —Shahar Rabi
Smart saying. You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. —Alan Watts
