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 disturbing thoughts when you know you are aware, because awareness is peace itself.
When you know you are aware, every aspect of living, both mental and physical, perfects itself.
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“Everything good has awareness for its root.” -Bodhidharma