Yudhistira Pranoto

"Come back to yourself." — Thich Nhat Hanh ﾟ

Check in. How are you feeling right now?

Worrying about problems sucks energy out of us that could better be applied to trying to solve those problems.

I carry sad and delightful memories, which gives me wisdom and power.

Anger and aggression sometimes seem to be protective because they bring energy to bear on a particular situation, but that energy is blind. It takes a calm mind to be able to consider things from different angles and points of view.

It is better to conquer yourself, than to win a thousand battles. Then victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you. — Buddhist proverb ^ | #mastery

May you be loved.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.

My heart is completely broken for Vanessa, the entire Bryant family, and all those on board. A father, husband, philanthropist, and one of California’s most brilliant icons, Kobe transcended sports. Let's all hold those we love a little tighter today and every day.

"Self-inquiry is not asking you to believe or to trust – it is putting a mirror in front of you and asking you to look." — Mooji º

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

"Never be prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence." ~Anonymous

Don’t waste a moment of your life worrying about what people might be saying behind your back. There will always be some pathetic people unhappy with their lives trying to drag down others to their level. It’s your life. You live it however you want.

Sleeping next to someone you love not only reduces depression, but it also helps you to live longer and makes you fall asleep faster.

One conscious breath is enough to make some space where before there was the uninterrupted succession of one thought after another. One conscious breath (two or three would be even better), taken many times a day, is an excellent way of bringing space into your life.

Breathe deeply and be kind ...

You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light. — Sogyal Rinpoche ^ | □∧◯

"Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found." — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching | | #beingness

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone." — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Because the sage doesn't know who he is, people recognize themselves in him. Because he has no goal in mind, everything he does succeeds." — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching | | #goallessness