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Steve Hagen quotes: Mindfulness of the body is awareness of ... the taste and smell of this moment.

Mindfulness of the body is awareness of ... the taste and smell of this moment.

Steve Hagen quotes: The only way we can be free in each moment is to become what each moment is.

The only way we can be free in each moment is to become what each moment is.

Steve Hagen quotes: We might think that by tossing a ball we initiate an action, but this is merely an arbitrary point in a beginningless line of action.

We might think that by tossing a ball we initiate an action, but this is merely an arbitrary point in a beginningless line of action.

Steve Hagen quotes: If you point out the moon to a cat, she probably won't look at the sky; she'll come up and sniff your finger.

If you point out the moon to a cat, she probably won't look at the sky; she'll come up and sniff your finger.

Steve Hagen quotes: No words - Buddha's, mine, or anyone else's - can see for you.

No words - Buddha's, mine, or anyone else's - can see for you.

Steve Hagen quotes: This moment is complete unto itself. There's nothing lacking in this moment

This moment is complete unto itself. There's nothing lacking in this moment

Steve Hagen quotes: We have all sorts of stories about heaven and hell, about oblivion and nothingness, about 'coming back,' and so on. But they are all stories.

We have all sorts of stories about heaven and hell, about oblivion and nothingness, about 'coming back,' and so on. But they are all stories.

Steve Hagen quotes: Whatever the world dishes up, we take it onnot on our own terms, but on the world's.

Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on
not on our own terms, but on the world's.

Steve Hagen quotes: We imagine that things come into existence, endure for a while, and then pass out of existence

We imagine that things come into existence, endure for a while, and then pass out of existence

Steve Hagen quotes: [E]ven in getting the wonderful things we long for, we tend to live in want of something more[.]

[E]ven in getting the wonderful things we long for, we tend to live in want of something more[.]

Steve Hagen quotes: Truth is not ... something to believe or disbelieve. The things we believe are always less than Truth[.]

Truth is not ... something to believe or disbelieve. The things we believe are always less than Truth[.]

Steve Hagen quotes: The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

Steve Hagen quotes: Usually we hold a frozen view of ourselves as well as of the world 'out there.' ... We identify with groups, behaviours, habits, and beliefs.

Usually we hold a frozen view of ourselves as well as of the world 'out there.' ... We identify with groups, behaviours, habits, and beliefs.

Steve Hagen quotes: A buddha recognizes that anything put into speech is never completely reliable.

A buddha recognizes that anything put into speech is never completely reliable.

Steve Hagen quotes: Why would anyone want to awaken to the Reality that they're not even here in the first place?

Why would anyone want to awaken to the Reality that they're not even here in the first place?

Steve Hagen quotes: How can a hard and fast view of a world that is never hard and fast possibly be accurate?

How can a hard and fast view of a world that is never hard and fast possibly be accurate?

Steve Hagen quotes: Reality is not going to change with your perception of it.

Reality is not going to change with your perception of it.

Steve Hagen quotes: You want to not have any problems.

You want to not have any problems.

Steve Hagen quotes: This will never come again

This will never come again

Steve Hagen quotes: We commonly see things 'out there' and go after them. Our mind is thus characterised by division and separation.

We commonly see things 'out there' and go after them. Our mind is thus characterised by division and separation.

Steve Hagen quotes: [W]e're caught by our concepts ... [C]oncepts are not Reality.

[W]e're caught by our concepts ... [C]oncepts are not Reality.

Steve Hagen quotes: Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.

Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.

Steve Hagen quotes: We pass by the joys of life without knowing we've missed anything.

We pass by the joys of life without knowing we've missed anything.

Steve Hagen quotes: [W]e ignore the Whole, we're taken in by the parts. We're seduced by objects of our consciousness

[W]e ignore the Whole, we're taken in by the parts. We're seduced by objects of our consciousness

Steve Hagen quotes: By our very attempt to grasp an explanation, we leave things out.

By our very attempt to grasp an explanation, we leave things out.

Steve Hagen quotes: [I]mpermanence [is] the very thing that makes [life] vibrant, wonderful, and alive.

[I]mpermanence [is] the very thing that makes [life] vibrant, wonderful, and alive.

Steve Hagen quotes: we face the woeful prospect that we're intelligent creatures living in a meaningless world.

we face the woeful prospect that we're intelligent creatures living in a meaningless world.

Steve Hagen quotes: [S]elfless action, action done while free of a sense of self. Action in which you don't see yourself as separate from other things.

[S]elfless action, action done while free of a sense of self. Action in which you don't see yourself as separate from other things.

Steve Hagen quotes: This desire to hold on, to somehow stop change in its tracks, is the greatest source of woe and horror and trouble in our lives.

This desire to hold on, to somehow stop change in its tracks, is the greatest source of woe and horror and trouble in our lives.

Steve Hagen quotes: [T]he most basic division is 'me' and 'everything else,' self and other.

[T]he most basic division is 'me' and 'everything else,' self and other.

Steve Hagen quotes: Good' crystallised ... breeds arrogance and hostility

Good' crystallised ... breeds arrogance and hostility

Steve Hagen quotes: [W]hat purpose does it serve to deny actual experience in order to run with an idea instead?

[W]hat purpose does it serve to deny actual experience in order to run with an idea instead?

Steve Hagen quotes: Neatly packaging everything gives us the illusion we ... know something.

Neatly packaging everything gives us the illusion we ... know something.

Steve Hagen quotes: When we talk about others, we should be very careful to observe our motive - especially if we're talking about a person who isn't present.

When we talk about others, we should be very careful to observe our motive - especially if we're talking about a person who isn't present.

Steve Hagen quotes: We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.

We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.

Steve Hagen quotes: [W]hen we come up with any concept at all, we simultaneously create one or more opposite concepts.

[W]hen we come up with any concept at all, we simultaneously create one or more opposite concepts.

Steve Hagen quotes: We can only be here. We can't leave. We are always here.

We can only be here. We can't leave. We are always here.

Steve Hagen quotes: Give your mind a lot of space and it quiets down; try to control, quiet, or restrict it, and it goes wild.

Give your mind a lot of space and it quiets down; try to control, quiet, or restrict it, and it goes wild.

Steve Hagen quotes: The moment we try to capture and encapsulate Truth, we have paradox, confusion, contention [and] doubt[.]

The moment we try to capture and encapsulate Truth, we have paradox, confusion, contention [and] doubt[.]

Steve Hagen quotes: [L]iberation [doesn't occur] in wearing robes or performing ritual acts.

[L]iberation [doesn't occur] in wearing robes or performing ritual acts.

Steve Hagen quotes: After ... all the philosophy and science that we've laboured on for centuries, it's becoming very hard to find a story we can buy.

After ... all the philosophy and science that we've laboured on for centuries, it's becoming very hard to find a story we can buy.

Steve Hagen quotes: If your idea of good opposes something else, you can be sure that [it] is not absolute or certain.

If your idea of good opposes something else, you can be sure that [it] is not absolute or certain.

Steve Hagen quotes: To forget the self is to remember that we don't exist alone, but in relation to other people, to other creatures, to the planet, and to the universe.

To forget the self is to remember that we don't exist alone, but in relation to other people, to other creatures, to the planet, and to the universe.

Steve Hagen quotes: There can be no moral authority to tell you what to do, for no such authority can lie outside your own will.

There can be no moral authority to tell you what to do, for no such authority can lie outside your own will.

Steve Hagen quotes: There's no rule in the end, but only the situation and the inclination of your mind

There's no rule in the end, but only the situation and the inclination of your mind

Steve Hagen quotes: Good times come and go. And bad times do the same.

Good times come and go. And bad times do the same.

Steve Hagen quotes: The biggest mistake we make in confusing a concept with Reality is in ... the separation of self and other.

The biggest mistake we make in confusing a concept with Reality is in ... the separation of self and other.

Steve Hagen quotes: [H]ow can something cease to exist that has no solid existence in the first place?

[H]ow can something cease to exist that has no solid existence in the first place?

Steve Hagen quotes: It's called enlightenment. It's nothing more or less than seeing things as they are rather than as we wish or believe them to be.

It's called enlightenment. It's nothing more or less than seeing things as they are rather than as we wish or believe them to be.

Steve Hagen quotes: Every atom, every minuscule part of the universe is nothing other than movement and change.

Every atom, every minuscule part of the universe is nothing other than movement and change.

Steve Hagen quotes: [A] book is not merely a book, it is the sun as well.

[A] book is not merely a book, it is the sun as well.

Steve Hagen quotes: Your breath is a unique object to meditation because it resides right at the boundary between inside and outside, between you and the outside world.

Your breath is a unique object to meditation because it resides right at the boundary between inside and outside, between you and the outside world.

Steve Hagen quotes: To deny a concept is not to embrace its opposite.

To deny a concept is not to embrace its opposite.

Steve Hagen quotes: Good and bad aren't absolutes. They are beliefs, judgements, ideas based on limited knowledge as well as on the inclinations of our minds.

Good and bad aren't absolutes. They are beliefs, judgements, ideas based on limited knowledge as well as on the inclinations of our minds.

Steve Hagen quotes: [W]ith the sense of self gone, ... actions naturally become uncalculated and free.

[W]ith the sense of self gone, ... actions naturally become uncalculated and free.

Steve Hagen quotes: Ignorance is not the inability to see, but the act of ignoring what is really going on in favour of what we imagine.

Ignorance is not the inability to see, but the act of ignoring what is really going on in favour of what we imagine.

Steve Hagen quotes: Belief may serve as a useful stopgap measure in the absence of actual experience, but once you see ... [it] becomes unnecessary.

Belief may serve as a useful stopgap measure in the absence of actual experience, but once you see ... [it] becomes unnecessary.

Steve Hagen quotes: [T]here is really nothing 'out there' to get because, already, within this moment, everything is whole and complete.

[T]here is really nothing 'out there' to get because, already, within this moment, everything is whole and complete.

Steve Hagen quotes: [B]ecause of change, what we love continues to appear, and what we hate never lasts forever.

[B]ecause of change, what we love continues to appear, and what we hate never lasts forever.

Steve Hagen quotes: True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.

True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.

Steve Hagen quotes: Belief is at best an educated, informed conjecture about Reality.

Belief is at best an educated, informed conjecture about Reality.