Gary Zukav Quotes

Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion. Our brains merely register and act upon what is telegraphed to them by our bodily experience. Intellect is to emotion as our clothes are to our bodies; we could not very well have civilized life without clothes, but we would be in a poor way if we had only clothes without bodies.

Fear is natural. Be with it.

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

First you have to witness that you are stressing out: Oh, my trigger is here. The news is stressing me out or This line is so long. Let yourself feel it. You don't want to spiritually bypass these problems. Give yourself a couple of minutes to sit in the feeling. Acceptance sets you free from the stress of expectation.

Emotions like guilt and shame cut you off from web of existence and that causes inflammation in the body. I would recommend that you go to a level of awareness where you can be an observer of your thoughts and emotions and use mindfulness.

We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

I try to always be in touch with my emotions so that I'm mentally clear.

An emotion is only an emotion. It's just a small part of your whole being. You are much more than your emotion. An emotion comes, stays for a while, and goes away, just like a storm. If you're aware of that, you won't be afraid of your emotions.

Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.

Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It's just easier to handle those with emotions.

But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have !

The more we ignore our emotions, the more likely they are to wield a powerful influence over us.

I'm very, very in touch with my emotions.

Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. It won’t hurt you. It will only help. If you let the fear inside, if you pull it on like a familiar shirt, then you can say to yourself, “All right, it’s just fear, I don’t have to let it control me. I see it for what it is".

The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.

How difficult it is to reach anything approaching a moderate and relatively calm point of view in the midst of one's emotions.

You can feel an emotion; just don't think that it's so important.

Choosing what we think rather than reaction to our emotions.

It is feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling.

When you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with intention and clarity and kindness.

Your anger is like a flower. In the beginning you may not understand the nature of your anger, or why it has come up. But if you know how to embrace it with the energy of mindfulness, it will begin to open. You may be sitting, following your breathing, or you may be practicing walking meditation to generate the energy of mindfulness and embrace your anger. After ten or twenty minutes your anger will have to open herself to you, and suddenly, you will see the true nature of your anger. It may have arisen just because of a wrong perception or the lack of skillfulness.

I'm British. I don't really have access to my emotions on a daily basis.

Life without emotions is like an engine without fuel.

When you're busy blocking out difficult emotions and feelings, you're not going to feel the good stuff, either.

There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.