The Feeling That You Are
The indomitable David Ryan. “Everyone is aware of the eternal Self. He sees so many dying but still believes himself eternal. Because it is the Truth. Unwillingly the natural Truth asserts itself.” -Ramana Maharshi Watch your mind until you witness the reality of this: You are not aware of a perception until you think about […]
No Desire
That pic of me and BigJoni always makes me happy. “Just get rid of the false and yyou will automatically realize the true.”-Ho-shan The mind concludes. In fact, the mind has become addicted to concluding. When concluding—making decisions, creating judgements—the mind feels useful, or purposeful. Unfortunately, however, concluding creates all our problems. But when the […]
When Aware
The Murder City Devils, last weekend, in Seattle. “Just do not allow any more interruptions at any time, and everything you see is It.” -Lin-chi To “not allow any more interruptions” is to not be distracted. To not be distracted is to be aware. When you are aware, every thought will assist. What could be […]
Our True Nature
“We learn all things by relying on our consciousness. The existence of things, however, is not to be trusted in the end.” -Fa Yung Throughout all eras, masters have been pointing us toward our True Nature. Our True Nature being what we actually are, as opposed to what we have been conditioned to believe we […]
Living
Below are a few of my favorite quotes on managing daily life. “Do not permit the least movement of your mind to disturb you. This alone is called liberation.” -Huang Po “Do not be bothered by anything.” -Shunryu Suzuki “Not to be subject to affliction is liberation. There is no other liberation.” -Bodhidharma “Haven’t you yourself […]
When You Know
“Awareness is the greatest alchemy there is. Just go on becoming more and more aware, and you will find your life changing for the better in every possible dimension.” -Osho The significance of any thought depends entirely on the importance you add to it. And, adding importance to thoughts is the source of all […]
Each Time
“Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else.”-Thich Nhat Hanh Each time you notice a thought, the importance of what happens next cannot be overstated. The follow up thought might be, “thank you” … with a little smile. But if the follow up thought includes desire in any form—you added importance to a thought […]
Tacit Living, Again
BE and the greatest revolver shooter of all time, Jerry Miculek. “Let a tacit understanding be all!”-Huang Po Merriam-Webster, tacit: Understood although not put into words There is a living, fluid knowledge that is within you, always guiding you… You can know it in the silence before a perception, in the silence before a remembrance, […]
A Quiet Mind
This interview with Nisargadatta Maharaj is from the book I Am That, and is my all-time favorite. Maharaj: Realize yourself as the ocean of consciousness in which all happens. This is not difficult. A little attentiveness, close observation of oneself, and you will see that no event is outside your consciousness. Questioner. The world is […]
Thought
This is the pic my dear friend Jerry Bock sent me, of himself, from AZ, that convinced me to move (from Ohio) to Arizona. “Before you think—you are.” -Nisargadatta Maharaj A thought is the knowing of it. When you know you are not thinking, how are you? There will not be, indeed cannot be any […]