Our new puppy, a Cane Corso, Candis named Nina Simone. “What is that which is silent? Look into it by examining awareness.”-Krishnamurti Examine the ever-present reality of awareness, which is free of thought. How could thought, which we were not …
“To observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”-Krishnamurti “To observe without evaluating” is to remain aware. Inattention ruins everything. Awareness perfects everything. Because awareness is the ultimate intelligence… When you know you are aware, or, when you are …
The Buddha, silencing dispensing knowledge to Nobody, who doesn’t give a shit. “Simply remaining in the noticing or knowing quality [of whether there is thought-movement or stillness] is a correct basis for true practice.”-Tsoknyi Rinpoche When thinking is unnecessary, shift …
Super-homies at Billy Strings. “The correct way of practicing … is mentioned in all the vehicles. It is simply presence of mind, being awake to whether one is experiencing thought movement or stillness.” -Tsoknyi Rinpoche The secret to peaceful living …
BigJoni in Hawaii, for my big six-0. “The only evil is inattention.” -Wu Hsin When you can’t find something, like your phone or keys, when were you inattentive? When you don’t know you are thinking, and therefore don’t know what …
Everything you need to know is in Shunryu’s expression. “When you are not thinking that you have another moment, then naturally you can accept things as they are, you can see things as they are. You will have perfect wisdom …
“What is that which is silent? Look into it by examining awareness.” -Krishnamuri I was a born doubter. From my earliest memories, It felt like most of my so-called “education” was actually just people repeating what they had been told, …
Two of my favorite people in the world, BigJoni and Garno The Great! “Reality is perceived through your own body.”-Vilmalakirti Sutra Set aside some time each day—five or ten minutes, or perhaps twenty-five minutes—and rather than being a person with …
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 …
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 …