“This being human is a guest house, every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honourably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
- Rumi
Using this analogy of your consciousness as a house and your emotions and feelings being guests who visit, there are
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"Don't believe everything you think." Byron Katie
In the iconic Dr Seuss book, Green Eggs and Ham, the character of Sam-I-Am persistently tries to convince the protagonist to try a plate of delicious green eggs and ham. Try as he might there is no convincing his friend of the epicurean delights of his ham and eggs – no matter how verdant they are. No house, no boat, no mouse, no goat can lure the protagonist to change his mind. Until, of course, he does, and just like that he too becomes an ardent fan of the gastronomic peculiarity known as green eggs and ham. Quite simply, he
How come changing your mind can be so easy or so difficult depending on the idea you want to exchange? When my parents separated, my mother decided she would have nothing further to do with my father. Regardless of monthly alimony paid, or not paid, as was more often the case; their two children getting married; the birth of four grandchildren and the migration of all these descendants to other parts of the world there was never even a desire to say one word to one another, or share another moment together. It was over. They had
"All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter." Sai Baba
"The mind is everything. What you think you become." Buddha
"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."
Joshua Reynolds
"I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognised as wiser than oneself." Marlene Dietrich
"The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are." Goldie Hawn
"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes." Benjamin Disraeli