The Problem
“I am … a phantom in a box, a shadow in your head.” -Rob Zombie Everyone on the planet is born into confusion. Our conditioning—which we naturally accept as a child but seldom question as an adult—creates all human difficulty. From birth, we are conditioned by our parents, teachers, and culture to believe that we […]
Jean Klein
After reading this, I could not not post it. Jean Klein “The mind must come to a state of silence, completely empty of fear, longing and all images. This cannot be brought about by suppression, but by observing every feeling and thought without qualification, condemnation, judgement, or comparison. If unmotivated alertness is to operate the […]
Cheerful Readiness
“To be in the moment is the miracle.” -Osho Merriam-Webster, alacrity: brisk, cheerful readiness Live with alacrity. ==== Thanks for coming in.
It’s Peaceful to…
“Seer and seen, knower and known, are contents of the mind. Practice lies in transferring the attention from the seen to the seer. Hold on to the seer—in due course, one will experience that the seer, as a person, disappears. What remains? … It is uninterrupted awareness.” -Sri Ratan Lal Started boxing at about 8 […]
Eliminate Two Things
“My religion is to live—and die—without regret.” -Milarepa Eliminate two phrases from your life: “I should have,” and “I wish.” Without “I should have,” the burden of regret is lifted. For “I wish,” reduce ideas about how anything should be. A problem is your thoughts about it. ==== Milarepa was an interesting character:https://www.shambhala.com/who-is-milarepa/ Thanks for […]
Respond Immediately
“This is the real secret of life—to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” Alan Watts Overthinking depletes your energy. A day spent doing rather than overanalyzing is good for the mind. A tremendous increase in mental and physical […]
Just Be
“Happiness is simply the knowing of our own being—the natural, effortless and innate condition of our self when it is no longer pulled into an imaginary past or projected into an imaginary future by resistance and seeking.” -Rupert Spira Mental habits project a false sense of reality. Problems are imagined, and remain as such in inattention. […]
The Practice
“The correct way of practicing … It is simply presence of mind, being awake to whether one is experiencing thought movement or stillness.” -Tsoknyi Be aware of what you are doing. To “be aware” is to know; it is an active state. When you know what you are doing—if just sitting, moving around, or performing […]
Separation is Suffering
“Separation is suffering.” -Michele Enos Our conditioning, which we naturally accept as a child but seldom question as an adult, is the source of most difficulty. From birth, we are conditioned by our parents, teachers, and culture to believe that we are not the wholeness of life itself, but an individual. Once the idea of […]
The Shotgun Mount
“When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.” -Shunryu Suzuki The first principle of sporting clays: Don’t move anything until you see the target clearly. Put negatively, don’t move when you first see the target; don’t move “on the blur.” Desirae Edmunds obviously knows […]