Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.
Brenda ShoshannaWhen we are willing to accept our experience, just as it is, a strange thing happens: it changes into something else. When we avoid pain, struggle not to feel it, pain turns into suffering.
Brenda ShoshannaFrom the Zen view all beings are in the grip of the three poisons, greed, anger and delusion (ignorance).
Brenda ShoshannaGod's guiding hand, the guiding Voice, resting lightly upon us is best felt and heard when we are silent and still.
Brenda ShoshannaWhen we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are. We receive the space in which to bloom. This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.
Brenda Shoshanna