Pause Into…
Getting ready to tear up the streets of Viet Nam! “Man is ensnared in the continuum called Past-Future. His attention remains fixated there, uninterrupted. To free oneself from the trap, even for a single instant, return to the point of presence, of being, of being no thing in particular. In this moment then, miraculously, the […]
You Are
Ramana Maharshi “Ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.” -Ramana Maharshi Throughout the day, be aware as often as possible. Performing routine daily activities, realize […]
The Secret
Artist: BigJoni! “Zen consists in faith in your innate quality of intelligence in your organic pattern. Trust it. After all, your eyes are beautifully blue or brown, your hair is wonderfully brunette or blond. Your breathing is fantastic. Your heart is working beautifully. That is your Zen. Go ahead.” -Bankei Attention is the highest form of […]
The Great Paradox
From the top of one of the 2,000 islands in Halong Bay, Vietnam. “Resting in the natural state does not mean that you cannot think about things or work. The idea is to rest in the natural state and think at the same time. If you can do that, you can think things through and […]
It Is High Time
Nothing came through this week, but I love this so here ya go. “Always stay alert, therefore, and watch what your mind is doing. Think about it. Over countless lifetimes, have you not been deluded, fallen under the power of your negative emotions, and as a result had to undergo—time and time again—the sufferings of […]
This Is Key
“The discovery that our self is not essentially a body or a mind, but is in fact the aware being or presence that knows or witnesses them, has radical and profound implications.” -Rupert Spira Throughout the day, pause into silent, self-awareness: Know you are aware. For thousands of years, spiritual teachers have been pointing to […]
Two Things
A pretty sweet late-night porch sky. “Psychological suffering is born of the ‘I-don’t-like-what-is-present-and-I-want-what-is-not-present’ thought; as such, suffering is for thought, not for Awareness.” -Rupert Spira If you want to find real happiness—real, in that it is uncaused and always present—all you have to do is eliminate two things. Don’t think about what isn’t happening. And […]
When You Know Yourself
My nighttime porch buddy – Nobody. “Things go the way the mind goes.” -Shunryu Suzuki Apply every fiber of your being to this… When thinking is not required, cultivate the silence in which, when a thought appears… it will be witnessed. When you know you are aware, or, you know yourself, every aspect of living […]
Get Real
Artist: BigJoni. “Withdraw into thoughtlessness and in this way give life to your mind.”-Chuang Tzu Get real quiet and silently watch everything you do. And find yourself there. ===“Whatever you are changelessly, that you are beyond all doubt.” -Maharaj
What You Recognize
“What you recognize is here already.”-Sri Atmananda I had ready that quote many times, when suddenly its importance struck me deeply. He is pointing out that what we are—not what we have been conditioned to believe we are, but what we actually are—exists before anything is recognized. To recognize is to remember. To remember is […]