Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction

Geoff-Allen

I highly recommend his books!

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4493.Eckhart_Tolle

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/eckharttolle.html

http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/spiritual-quotes/

http://blissfulquotes.com/2009/12/not-to-be-able-to-stop-thinking-is-a-dreadful-affliction-but-we-dont-realize-this-because-almost-everyone-is-suffering-from-it-so-it-is-considered-normal-this-incessant-mental-noise-prevents-you/

http://tinyurl.com/b4lj8rh

Have a good one!

Bunks

What an interesting character!

taiyaki

Clinging onto a non conceptual state is also a dreadful affliction.

In zen they call it pool of dead water, but I am being picky.

Tosh

I recently bumped into a street alcoholic I've tried to help in the past. He's a friendly kind of guy, though he looks intimidating if you didn't know him (his local nick name is Mad Will). He was outside of a Barclays bank drinking a can of cheap cider.

I went over to say 'Hello' and he nodded, and said, "This is good stuff" and with the hand holding the can he touched his head and says, "it quietens down what happening in here".

I thought that was insightful. He knows the booze isn't the problem, it's what happens to him when he's not drinking that's the real root of the problem.

upekka

'being is enlightenment and becoming is ignorance'

a beautiful statement

footiam

It's better than not being able to think and then, to have to depend on a shepherd to keep us in check.