Quotes by : Jay Michaelson

There’s no path to liberation that doesn’t pass through the shadow.

It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction....

Part of why I love these angry, straight, white punks is that they are stripping the dharma of its bullshit,....

What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow.

The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation it taught awakening—often rude awakening.....

For the Buddha of the Pali Canon, the goal is liberation: the cessation of suffering, the end of the....

All relaxation does is allow the truth to be felt. The mind is cleared, like a dirty window wiped clean,....

We are animals descended from five billion years of wanting, striving, and seeking. And life just doesn’t....

Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you’re the only....

At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all.