“Don’t Ask. Act. Don’t Ask. Act. Don’t Ask. Act. Got it? … She didn’t ask. She didn’t suggest. She took action. It was exactly what I needed. It is exactly what people who are grieving need.”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Meditation & Grief
tags: grief
“Presence doesn’t need a grand arrival — only a willingness to begin again.”
― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity
tags: equanimity, meditation, tao
“TIP: The air + water temperature should total at least 100°F before taking your dog paddleboarding.”
― G. Scott Graham, SUP with your Pup: A Guide to Paddleboarding with your Dog
tags: dog-training, paddlebaording, sup
“The precepts do not limit us, they liberate us. They clear away the noise, the excess, the distractions, leaving us with something far more valuable: a life fully lived.”
― G. Scott Graham, Living the Eight Precepts
tags: buddhist-wisdom
“By thoughtfully designing our lives, we make progress on the path sustainable and self-reinforcing… making it easier to live in alignment with the Mangala Sutta with less struggle and more ease.”
― G. Scott Graham, Living the Maṅgala Sutta
tags: 38-blessings, buddhist-quotes, life-design, mangala-sutta, maṅgala-sutta
“The chase feels like movement — but it leaves you farther from the moment.”
― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity
tags: craving, equanimity, meditation, tao
“A well-fitted dog life jacket provides buoyancy, reduces fatigue, and makes it easier to assist a struggling dog.”
― G. Scott Graham, SUP with your Pup: A Guide to Paddleboarding with your Dog
tags: dog-training, paddleboarding, sup
“Don’t make a mental mistake during your therapeutic psychedelic experience. Develop your equanimity / psychological flexibility and use a Race Day Strategy.”
― G. Scott Graham, Psychedelic Preparation Workbook: Sixty Days to Engagement
tags: psychedelic-preparation
“That is the delicate balance we must walk. We hold ourselves accountable, but we do not punish ourselves. We strive, but we do not cling to perfection. We live with awareness, knowing that every choice, every vow, every small effort in the direction of wisdom and compassion matters.”
― G. Scott Graham, Living the Eight Precepts
“Most businesses don’t fail because of one catastrophic mistake.
They fail because something important went unnoticed for too long.”
― G. Scott Graham, Early Warning Signals
tags: business
“While most people could tell you the general financial mix of their investment portfolio, while most people could tell you how to connect to the Bluetooth stereo in their car, while most people could tell you how to disable the security system of their home, those same people could not tell you their governing values and how those values interplay with each other”
― G. Scott Graham, MDMA and Grief
tags: values
“MDMA alone is not a solution for grief
I know I have said this already. But it is so important that I must revisit it, lest someone think that I am wounded in some way and MDMA is going to cure me somehow.”
― G. Scott Graham, MDMA and Grief
tags: grief-and-loss-quotes
“Sitting daily sounds simple. But in real life — with real demands, distractions, and inner resistance — it’s hard. Not because the technique is flawed, but because we were never trained to build a life around it,”
― G. Scott Graham, Now what? After Your Vipassana Course Is Over
tags: vipassana, vipassana-meditation
“We aren’t stupid. We are grieving. Of the many themes that have emerged over the past seventeen months, this one has been the most consistent. Coming up again and again.”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Meditation & Grief
tags: grief-quotes
“The precepts are not chains—they are keys. Keys that unlock a life of greater freedom, greater clarity, and greater peace.”
― G. Scott Graham, Living the Eight Precepts
“Before you can teach your dog paddleboarding, you need to master your own paddleboarding skills.”
― G. Scott Graham, SUP with your Pup: A Guide to Paddleboarding with your Dog
tags: dog-training, paddleboarding, sup
“The third precept, traditionally stated as ‘To refrain from sexual activity,’ can be reframed into a more expansive and positive ideal: I honor relationships with integrity, mindfulness, and care.”
― G. Scott Graham, Living the Eight Precepts
tags: atthasīla, buddhist-ethics, eight-precepts, eightfold-ethical-conduct, uposatha-vows
“To stay open while breaking — that is the fiercest love.”
― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity
tags: equanimity, love, meditation, tao
“Over time, Mettā builds a bridge between parts of yourself that grief scattered.
It says: You are not broken for still hurting.
You are not selfish for loving again.
You are not alone.”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Five Years Later
tags: grief-quotes, metta
“A tunnel is not escaped
by pretending it’s a meadow.
You walk it.
Darkness and all.”
― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity
tags: equanimity, meditation, practice, tao
“Practice is not a measurement of your worth. It’s a commitment to stay aligned with truth.
That’s why we don’t chase perfection. We chase presence.”
― G. Scott Graham, Now what? After Your Vipassana Course Is Over
tags: vipassana, vipassana-meditation
“The sage does not return unchanged.
They integrate.
You are not the same.
Not because the medicine worked.
But because you did.
You sat with your shadow.
You stayed through the storm.
You chose the harder honesty.
This wasn’t an escape.
It was a re-entry.”
― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Psychedelics
tags: psilocybin, psychedelic-integration, psychedelic-preparation, psychedelic-therapy, psychedelics, tao, taoism
“I can tell you as I write this book, my grief has not lessened. My eyes have welled up so many times while sitting here at the keyboard that I had to just stop because I couldn’t see the screen.”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Meditation & Grief
tags: grief-and-loss
“The blessings of the Maṅgala Sutta are not rules to follow; they are invitations to live with greater intention.”
― G. Scott Graham, Living the Maṅgala Sutta
tags: 38-blessings, buddhist-quotes, life-design, mangala-sutta, maṅgala-sutta
“Over the last two years, I have had both knees replaced. People ask about my knees all the time… This is in comparison to my grief. When people did (past tense) ask, they never just acknowledged it. They never just moved on. Advice and platitudes flowed like the water of Niagara Falls… Now the well is dry. Everyone has moved on. From my grief. Not my knees. Why can’t people treat my grief like they treat my knees?”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Three Years Later
tags: grief-and-loss
“Suffering is waiting. Equanimity is optional. Presence is the path.”
― G. Scott Graham, Now what? After Your Vipassana Course Is Over
tags: vipassana, vipassana-meditation
“Your intention is not a goal. It is much different. Goals are rigid; intentions are fluid. Goals are firm; intentions are adaptable. Goals are structured; intentions are pliable.”
― G. Scott Graham, Psychedelic Preparation Workbook: Sixty Days to Engagement
tags: intention
“Many business owners avoid naming their hazards. Not because they don’t know what could go wrong — but because naming it feels like weakness. Like admitting failure. Like inviting bad luck.”
― G. Scott Graham, Early Warning Signals
tags: business, strategic-planning
“Expect people to not support you and then you can be grateful when they do. Expect people to support you and then you risk being saddened if they don’t. Find steadiness not from the outside but from the inside. Find steadfastness in the power of your grief.”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Three Years Later
tags: grief
“Commands are essential for helping your dog navigate the unique challenges of paddleboarding… For example, ‘STEADY’ encourages stability, while ‘HOLD ON’ alerts them to an imminent shift.”
― G. Scott Graham, SUP with your Pup: A Guide to Paddleboarding with your Dog
tags: dog-training, paddleboarding, sup