It is wonderful to be alone. Not lonely, which is the feeling of lack; a need for an incomplete center to reach for wholeness; but a true moment by moment discovery of what one is.
But not who one is.
The who is the story. It may be sad, grand, greedy, lustful, reckless, wanting, or any number [...]
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Silence, as an expression of the organism, is a strange sensation. I’ll see if words can do it justice.
First, the physical body as it appears in the phenomenal world:
The feet are square on the floor. Buttocks firmly planted on the padded seat. Spine slightly arched, not touching the backrest. Hands resting on the table top. [...]
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(Edit: While messing around in Wordpress, I accidentally deleted this post. Luckily, I save most of my posts in notepad, so no problem. Anyway, this is why on the RSS feed, you’ll be seeing the same post twice. Sorry about that.)
(Edit-Edit: I have added my comments right below the video.)
This video was brought to my [...]
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Some might say their beliefs, whatever they might be, determine reality. I understand what they mean, but reality has nothing to do with any of that.
Reality, as it is used here, has nothing to do with thought. We can certainly think about it, make theories, and create ideals that seem better. But in the [...]
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Mayumi loved Chopin.
She mentioned it to me the first day we met. I could see that love in her face. The same beauty found in Chopin’s music was easily seen in her movements. The way she brought the tea, the way she washed the dishes, the way she sat in seiza on the tatami. The [...]
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This comes from the comments on, Question and Answer (or Question and Question?) Part Two. (Plus, something new at the end.)
I would like to suggest something and I hope you do not take offense. Perhaps it is right or wrong, my mind continues to evolve and I cannot say. The moment you died, a belief [...]
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Question of the Week: 3/03 - 3/09
Today I have an audio post for the question of the week.
This is my first attempt, so it is a no frills, simple recording. If there is general interest in this kind of thing, then I will continue to post audio from time to time. (I hope so, as [...]
i notice that my mind is like a measuring device, it HAS TO KNOW whats there, it is not content just to luxuriate in the mystery and leave it at that. It needs to break everything down, find out its constituent parts, how it works, whats behind the mystery…
The mind IS a measuring device, in [...]
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I have been busy with several projects these days, so I have decided to take the rest of the week off from the blog. I’ll still post a video or two (just to keep google happy, not to mention my RSS subscribers), and if something big happens I’ll post on it as soon as possible.
I’ll [...]
After my post on the recent illness of Adyashanti, I had a few e-mails from some readers that know nothing about him. That is a bit surprising, knowing how far into the spiritual world he is.
Here is a video of Adyashanti speaking on awareness and the self. Hope you enjoy! (Although, there are a number [...]
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