Tag: Buddha

I’ve used the illusions of fear and anxiety (that there’s not going to be enough for me if I don’t keep things in line and happening on time)…but that route requires caution; it’s easy to forget that there’s ALWAYS enough—that everything happens EXACTLY as it’s supposed to.  😉

Train the mind and will to be able to access all possibilities.  Train the heart and gut to pick the best one.

The color of the robe, the sanctity of meditation, the tiny sacraments of “power” objects and gestures…lets be honest:  these things serve the same function as ANY manufactured talisman in that they are well-crafted placebos.  Because there is NO WAY that That Which You Seek is dependent on wearing/eating/drinking/arranging “things”…All of reality is soaked, DRENCHED…

When I feel “weirdness” blowing on my soul, I take comfort in its ageless and timeless novelty.  

(IMHO):  Infinity and time are so big that everything we’ve dreamed for ourselves has [happened/is happening/will happen] all at the same time and there is nothing to beat yourself up about, nothing to place above other things.  You’ve been the most hated, the most adored, the highest, the lowest….and it doesn’t matter.  Find the purest,…

We NEED strength.  We NEED discipline.  We NEED self-control.  But for what, exactly?   So we have the strength and clarity to enjoy reality for what it really is:  An indescribable wonder that gives you everything you “need.”  😉

[meditation/contemplation/your choice of activity] don’t bring me closer to the state I desire.  They TEND to…by virtue of those actions urging my mind to be more open to shifting away from BS and seeing that there’s nothing to worry about…But since there’s nothing to worry about, really it’s just the shift in perspective that’s important……

Every day I go through the motions more and more…of waking in a limited body and disciplining myself to “do the right thing,” and to “be strong.”  And in the course of doing so, I’m beginning to realize that urgency is a sometimes useful (if that’s the way you draw energy) but ultimately futile gesture…that…

As the realization sets in that I don’t need to go anywhere or be anything…I am ironically transported to the most wondrous realms…and I start to become something that I previously never had the audacity to dream I could become… Until I stopped wanting it.  (and was able to work all the harder for that lack…

Truly believing that all is good and everything is okay requires a special kind of courage; it necessitates that one flay the mind down to its core again and again and again..so that one can BE truth rather than just SEE truth…it is the essential act behind every magic, philosophy, and religion.  It is the diametric…