Peak performance does not come from trying harder - it happens when the mind is still and focused.
When we are truly "in the zone", we are not thinking about what to do - we are simply doing it.
There is no analysis, no judgement, just effortless flow.
When we stop labelling each moment as good or bad, right or wrong, we begin to experience life - with clarity, presence, and ease.
As per W. Timothy Gallwey in The Inner Game of Tennis:
"...when the mind is quiet and focused. Only then can peak performance be reached."
"When the mind is free of any thought or judgment, it is still and acts like a mirror. Then and only then can we know things as they are."
So, perhaps the real challenge is not to try more, but to let go - to drop the need to actively think and conceptualise, and instead, through nonjudgmental awareness, allow ourselves to enter a state of spontaneous, effortless action - trusting the infinite intelligence already within us. ♾️✨
#Awareness #Stillness #Presence #SelfMastery #Clarity #LettingGo #NonJudgment
"Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful."
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Do we need to look for beauty, or wait for the right moment, the perfect vision?
Or are we the ones meant to create it - starting where we are, one step at a time...
Perhaps all it takes is awareness… and the energy to take the first step. ✨
#awareness #presence #change
"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
- common paraphrase of Oliver Wendell Holmes’ quote
What is seen cannot be unseen, and what is heard cannot be unheard.
Still, in acceptance we find clarity, from clarity we gain a new perspective, and from this place, we experience growth…
#Perception #Growth #MindsetShift #Change
The right path unfolds naturally when the mind is clear, the motive pure, and the action guided by integrity.
“Be effortless… Your balance must be dynamic, based on doing just the right thing, from moment to moment… Rely entirely on your clarity of thought, purity of motive and integrity of action. You cannot possibly go wrong.”
- I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, translated by Maurice Frydman
The search for more is endless. But what if nothing is lacking?
"Fame or integrity: which is more important?
Money or happiness: which is more valuable?
Success or failure: which is more destructive?"
"If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.
If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself.
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
- Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu (Stephen Mitchell’s translation)
What we focus on shapes our perception of reality...
"My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items which I notice shape my mind."
— William James
You are not supposed to be perfect.
Be you, in your beautiful imperfection!
Yet, learn the rules of the game you are playing - you cannot win a chess match by playing tennis.
Your power is in the present moment - play the game and shine your light!
#mindset #mind #mindfulness #reality #balance #attention #awareness #power
Another great interview with Lyn Alden! Thank you
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Great book! Very engaging and enjoyable to read. Thank you @resistancemoney @craig @rettlerb
