Just try to keep your mind in the present. Whatever arises in the mind, just watch it and let go of it. Don't even wish to be rid of thoughts. Then the mind will return to its natural state.

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"When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart."

- Ajahn Chah

Balance

"You are your own teacher. Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important."

- Ajahn Chah

Self-awareness

"No one and nothing can free you but your own understanding."

- Ajahn Chah

Self-awareness

"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don’t accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot you will have a lot of peace; if you let go completely you will have complete peace."

- Ajahn Chah

Inner Peace

"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don’t accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little you a will have a little peace; if you let go a lot you will have a lot of peace; if you let go completely you will have complete peace."

- Ajahn Chah

Peace

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

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"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

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"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

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"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

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"Your limits are all in your mind."

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