Joko Beck
Joko Beck
Charlotte Joko Beckwas an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth27 March 1917
CountryUnited States of America
dream memories future
But opinions, judgments, memories, dreaming about the future—ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality.
things-in-life rely one-thing
There is one thing in life that you can always rely on: life being as it is.
dream work who-i-am
All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego.
paradise seeking
You cannot avoid paradise. You can only avoid seeking it.
dream teacher compassion
Caught in the self-centered dream, only suffering; holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream; each moment, life as it is, the only teacher; being just this moment, compassion's way.