The Problem Is…
“It is said to not fear the arising of thoughts, just fear being slow to notice.”-Zen saying Unaware thinking rules your life. The next time something bothers you, realize that the problem is in your way of thinking. Now, and …
The Mind Imagines
Back in my coyote trapping days… Florence AZ, 1979. “Awareness only knows now; the mind imagines time.”-Rubert Spira Know you are silently aware, and witness: Only when you begin thinking does time seem to exist. Also note that when you’re …
Your Own Being
Inside… Outside… is there really any difference? “Each of us bears the memory of our true nature within us all the time. It shines in us as ‘I.’”-Rupert Spira What does not require time or thought to be known, to …
The Greatest Miracle
The Buddha and The Badness—twin aspects of the one reality. “The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase. If you pursue happiness you’ll never find it. Happy is he who forgets what cannot be changed.”-Mark Twain You cannot improve …
Remember
“All my spare time I would spend looking at myself in silence.”-Nisargadatta Maharaj Thinking creates personal reality. The next time you catch yourself wanting something to not be how it is, remember: We make it all up. A problem is …
All You Need
I’lll be on the road tomorrow and computer-free… Check the link for “All You Need.”
In Your Spare Time
The Pink Jungle Bunnies… League Champs! “When you stop resisting, you see that what seems frightening is actually the absolute beauty of reality.” -Adyashanti A way to inner peace and happiness is a total lack of resistance to any thought, feeling, …
Pure Awareness
Me, Michele, and BabyJoni… Late 1976. “Thoughts may be agitated, feelings distressed, the body in pain and the world troubled, but pure knowing, being aware or awareness itself is never perturbed by anything that occurs in experience. Thus, its nature …
Escape
BE at 18 months. Thanks to DaddyO for saving these great old pics. When we’re deludedthere’s a world to escape to.When we’re awarethere’s nothing to escape. -Bodhidharma I’ve recently awoken to the beauty of my laptop’s escape button. A variety of …
Listen
A gray fox can climb like a squirrel. “Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we’re living, which …