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Brenda Shoshanna quotes: Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.

Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.

When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.

What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: God's guiding hand, the guiding Voice, resting lightly upon us is best felt and heard when we are silent and still.

God's guiding hand, the guiding Voice, resting lightly upon us is best felt and heard when we are silent and still.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad.

All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it truly is.

Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it truly is.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.

Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are.

In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.

In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: We learn the process of emptying out, cleaning house, both within and without.

We learn the process of emptying out, cleaning house, both within and without.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you 'should' become. Find out who you are right now.

Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you 'should' become. Find out who you are right now.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: What seems good turns bad, what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle.

What seems good turns bad, what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: All conflict we experience in the world, is a conflict within our own selves.

All conflict we experience in the world, is a conflict within our own selves.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: Whatever we can't love or accept in another, is a mirror of something we can't love or accept in ourselves.

Whatever we can't love or accept in another, is a mirror of something we can't love or accept in ourselves.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: From the Zen view all beings are in the grip of the three poisons, greed, anger and delusion (ignorance).

From the Zen view all beings are in the grip of the three poisons, greed, anger and delusion (ignorance).

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.

Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.

The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are.

All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home.

Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.

A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.

Brenda Shoshanna quotes: We create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone.

We create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone.