The everyday, familiar sense of self who lives in time, and that dimension which we've called presence, that is always here, that is still and quiet.
Roger HousdenIf you allow yourself to fully feel the life you're in - not conceptually, but viscerally in the present moment - then that is inherently meaningful.
Roger HousdenI live in California, where there's a lot of driving entailed. I'm usually going somewhere to be on time to meet someone so I'm necessarily engaged in time. And yet, how can I in that moment of driving my car, be aware of that which is not going anywhere?
Roger HousdenThe American culture especially, and Western culture in general, urges us to not only become the best that we can be, but also win against the competition.
Roger HousdenIt's the bringing together of knowledge and wisdom that is a great part - perhaps the greatest part - of our life's journey.
Roger HousdenThis question of love begins and ends with the willingness to be welcoming to one's own experience as a loving action towards oneself. It may be dark, it may be light, it may be joyous, it may be sorrowful, but it's your experience, and therefore, your life. As we have that kind of loving response towards our own life, then life itself in terms of the outside world, begins to feel different.
Roger Housden