Don’t be afraid to experience what shows up. It is your life.
Consider how you might understand the nature of what comes your way. Instead of reacting to what shows up, contemplate the nature of it. It is both teacher and kin. The universe exists. You exist.… Don’t be afraid to experience what shows up. It is your life.
Work as Devotion; It’s All About Attention
WAIT! May I Have Your Attention? Getting off track and daydreaming or entering a scattered mind state seems like an epidemic. From screen watching news to sports to politics to ads of every stripe… Work as Devotion; It’s All About Attention
90 Days of Silence
May we with all beings realize the emptiness of the three wheels, giver, receiver and gift. Language helps us understand but it does not take us beyond the material realm. Those who want to go… 90 Days of Silence
The Will to Choose
Work! Your Hair is on Fire! Don’t say, “I DON’T HAVE TIME!” Those words do not encourage, they deflate and burden the mind. It is, as some might say, stupid to think repeating those words is in… The Will to Choose
Remembrance of Karma Yoga
Hell is empty… and all the devils are here. The Tempest, Shakespeare This fellow Shakespeare knew a thing or two. The line comes from the mouth of the young character, Ferdinand who has just experienced… Remembrance of Karma Yoga
The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There
The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There It is just a matter of hitting the bell, closing the door, lighting a candle. In the past IT abides. In the future IT abides. But don’t ask,… The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There
Someone Asked. And the Answer is: Right Understanding
Right Understanding. Let me begin with a definition of right understanding. It is a teaching of the Eightfold Path and is considered the root in the ground of the Lotus. It is embedded in… Someone Asked. And the Answer is: Right Understanding
Old Age is a Boon
Remembrance of Aging The Four Boons of Aging. My hope is to pull the door open, even if it is just a crack, on what is beneficial in the truth of aging. I’ll begin by… Old Age is a Boon