"The spiritual life is not about belief or unbelief — it’s all about letting go of ego. It doesn’t matter whether we count beads or sit in meditation or pray or do none of these. It’s about taking self out of center and putting something bigger than self in the center."
(Source: moreofamore, via zenhumanism)
"I interviewed a woman who is terminally ill. ‘So,’ I tried to delicately ask, ‘What is it like to wake up every morning and know that you are dying?’ ‘Well,’ she responded, ‘What is it like to wake up every morning and pretend that you are not?’"
(via ohtobesimplyme)
