60 Quotes by Steve Leasock

A very large percent of the thoughts and feelings that people attach themselves to are useless to living. The mind tells us otherwise. It will say that this thought or that feeling is crucial to existing. But existing has little to do with living and still less with consciously living.

Detachment is the minds attempt to not care when you actually do care. To not love when you do truly love. Detachment causes suffering.

The search for balance, peace, and harmony is similar to standing in a forest. We look for trees. But can’t see them because we only see the forest. Indeed, it is a strange phenomenon.

The least amount of mind resistance allows maximum conscious awareness.

I am on a surfboard riding the wave of life. I do my best to stay on board. And at the same time, I let the wave take me along.

I am alive. I choose how I will live and how life will be experienced.

Reach out to the universe. Not so much through human-bound interaction. Rather with the possibilities that are there in the realm of awakened consciousness.

You are not your thoughts. Therefore, it is not necessary to attach yourself to them. Use the following mantra daily. ‘I am not my thoughts.’ Practice allowing the mind to think. While you remain unattached from 99% of the brain’s activities. What about the remaining 1 percent? This is the focus point of your conscious awareness.

Excessive thinking and more so attachment to thoughts dominate our daily activities. But why? The mind thinks. But you must not. It is a choice. Remember. You are not your thoughts.