Dream
I’ve always liked cats. “Be like the infant, instead of trying this or that, be happy to be.”-Nisargadatta Maharaj There was an irritating dream. Upon awakening, the following came (word for word)… How to deal with an irritating dream (life)? Wake the fuck up. How to awaken? Be aware, without wanting anything—no matter how challenging—to […]
Apprecitate
Getting an early start… pondering the universal nature. “A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happened rightly, once your mind is quiet. As the sun on rising makes the world active, so does self-awareness affect changes in the mind. In the light of calm and steady self-awareness inner energies wake up and […]
Leave Your Mind
“Leave your mind alone, that is all.” -Nisargadatta Maharaj To “leave your mind alone”: Be aware of your mind. Know whether there is thought movement, or stillness. Don’t care—don’t judge thought movement as bad and stillness as good—just be the knowing. Test this out: When you know you are silently aware, is anything wrong? If […]
Figure It Out
BE, in the one-year zone, with DaddyO. “Suffering expresses itself as the activity of resisting what is present and seeking what is not present. The separate self is made of that activity.”-Rupert Spira When you are not evaluating, not caring about what is happening, what is your reality? Happiness is not the opposite of sadness. […]
Knowing
“Whatever it is that is still commenting about things, forget that. Become completely empty and silent and remain as silent emptiness itself.”-Mooji In pleasant or unpleasant circumstances, whether you are happy or irritated, tired or full of energy, the knowing of the mental state never changes. Find in you what never changes: the knowledge that […]
What Matters Most
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.” -Thich Nhat Hanh To stabilize in inner peace, what matters most is that you do not become inattentive. By remaining attentive, you witness first hand what you are […]
Take A Break
“In the silence of the mind I saw myself as I am—unbound.”-Nisargadatta Maharaj Examine silence: know you are aware. Frequently, take a break from being a person. Rather than thinking of yourself as the physical body, with its seemingly endless reserve of needs and desires, be the silent witness of thoughts. Make it a secret […]
Leave The Mind Alone
“You are the Self, here and now. Leave the mind alone, stand aware and unconcerned and you will realize that to stand alert but detached, watching events come and go, is an aspect of your real nature.”-Nisargadatta Maharj “Leave the mind alone” means to witness thoughts and perceptions without becoming involved with them. Sit quietly, […]
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 only now, can you free yourself from it, simply by letting go of the resistance […]
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 thinking, typically, what you are thinking about isn’t actually happening, isn’t actually present. So, to […]