i am asking myself, after seeing a news item that said "Our discarded COVID19 masks are now harmful for the environment", and while i see the point of this, i wonder, "What is the base guideline of how to define "important" in our society?" How do we gauge what is more important and less important?… Continue reading A Society Catch 22……
Category: Cutting to the Chase – Getting to the bottom of things
Fullness and Freedom is our nature
"Fullness and Freedom is our nature, born inside each one of us, with no conditions. Freedom is our Birthright"...........Our only responsibility is to experience it....... BUT The question immediately arises.... "why is it then, that I spend so many moments not experiencing fullness and freedom then?" The answer is because: "I am waiting on something… Continue reading Fullness and Freedom is our nature
Oceanic Awareness and the Physical Universe (Level 1)
When all is said and done, all that is, is oceanic awareness. This is Being. The oceanic awareness' function is Doing. The oceanic awareness creates and tears down. The oceanic awareness congeals into forms. This is the physical universe. .... gases, rocks, fire, living things..... The oceanic awareness congeals in the physical universe, and seeks… Continue reading Oceanic Awareness and the Physical Universe (Level 1)
“This moment is perfect in and of itself”
If we say......“Time is perfect in and of itself”This statement doesn't give us much trouble. It simply states that “Time is what it is”...... and it is perfect just as it is. “This moment is perfect in and of itself”This statements might give a person some trouble. Why? Because the “contents” of this moment may… Continue reading “This moment is perfect in and of itself”
“Always Be Doing The Task At Hand” – (the answer to procrastination)
A few notes on life, and how they came together in a realization.......... A while back, i wrote a note to myself in big letters and stuck it on the wall..... it said "Always Be Doing The Task At Hand". One of my favorite aunties had told me once that her biggest difficulty in life… Continue reading “Always Be Doing The Task At Hand” – (the answer to procrastination)
Walk Freely with no heavy load
If i am walking freely, with no heavy load, it is because i have chosen or decided to do so, and have diligently dealt with the hindrances to walking freely. If i am walking with a heavy load, it is because i have chosen or decided to do so, and have allowed the hindrances to… Continue reading Walk Freely with no heavy load
Living Experience is One Moment Long
When a living experience becomes one moment old, it is not living experience anymore, it is a memory, and it becomes cast in deteriorating concrete and not alive anymore. When a living experience becomes a philosophy, it is not a living experience anymore, and it becomes a viewpoint to be ruminated on. It is cast… Continue reading Living Experience is One Moment Long
“Fix the connection and everything works like a dream!”
i have a monitor on my computer.... sometimes the screen turns yellow. At first, i looked for problems with the computer, then the monitor..... frustrated... spent hours and hours trying this and that, trying to fix what i was seeing on the screen. In the end, the issue was with the connection..... the connection was… Continue reading “Fix the connection and everything works like a dream!”
Just Breathing – Shunryu Suzuki
Just Breathing - Shunryu Suzuki ".... just awareness of the universe...." Birth this experience, then let it grow and become a moment by moment experiencing of the fullness of life. It is not a hype or pump up..... it is returning to our nature core. From the beginning, there was nothing missing ..... we become… Continue reading Just Breathing – Shunryu Suzuki
A touch of Common Sense…… great medicine for our soul
A touch of Common Sense...... We are all human children, in that we get lost in our minds very easily, and often find it hard to get back out.That is not evidence of some “evil” entity thing going on, there is no boogeyman..... and at the root, there is truly nothing “wrong with us”.Yet, we… Continue reading A touch of Common Sense…… great medicine for our soul
Reality is Dharma 