“To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us.”
— Allan Lokos
“So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.”
— Allan Lokos
“The most important step in developing skillful speech is to think before speaking.”
— Allan Lokos
“The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.”
— Allan Lokos
“The experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception.”
— Allan Lokos
“Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.”
— Allan Lokos
“Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach.”
— Allan Lokos
“Observe & accept what ever arises & know that everything is as it needs to be.”
— Allan Lokos
“While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.”
— Allan Lokos
“Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.”
— Allan Lokos
“When we teach a child patience we offer them the gift of a dignified life.”
— Allan Lokos
“True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.”
— Allan Lokos
“Honor your relationships by developing listening skills.”
— Allan Lokos
“Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.”
— Allan Lokos
“We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.”
— Allan Lokos
“You honor yourself by acting with dignity and composure.”
— Allan Lokos
“The erruption of feelings & emotions that follows a near-death exerience, or any event that causes us to stop & look deeply at the reality of our lives, is ripe with the potential for insight & clarity.”
— Allan Lokos
“We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity.”
— Allan Lokos
“Being a senior doesn’t automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.”
— Allan Lokos
“That’s why it’s called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.”
— Allan Lokos
“We all have issues & we have usually come by them honestly.”
— Allan Lokos
“When we are aware of our weaknesses or negative tendencies, we open the opportunity to work on them.”
— Allan Lokos
“The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.”
— Allan Lokos
“One doesn’t have to be religious to lead a moral life or attain wisdom.”
— Allan Lokos
“Directing the mind to stay in the present can be a formidable task.”
— Allan Lokos
“Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.”
— Allan Lokos
“Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.”
— Allan Lokos
“Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.”
— Allan Lokos
“Our greatest happiness comes from the experience of love & compassion.”
— Allan Lokos
“Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.”
— Allan Lokos