Allan Lokos Quotes

Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.

Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one feeling in need.

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.

We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.

We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.

One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.

True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.

Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach.

The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.

Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.

We all have issues and we have usually come by them honestly.

Patience has all the time it needs.

Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.

Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.

Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.

The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.

While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.

No one looks or feels attractive when angry.

Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy.

You cannot control the results, only your actions.

That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.

We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street.

Patience lives in the gap between our experience of an event and our response to that experience.

Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.

Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.

To forgive does not mean to forget.

To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.

So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.

Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.

There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.