Category: How to Practice
Living in the moment, or despair…. You pick
We are either "full and complete, moving in the moment", or we are in some degree of "scattered" and in some level of despair. This is like a type of "psychological rule". Moving in the moment means that we are centered and present in this moment, living in our center or core. The present sense… Continue reading Living in the moment, or despair…. You pick
Live Life Free of the Suffering of “Mind Chatter”
It IS possible to live life free of all that constant "Blah Blah Blah" of self-referential "I/Me/My" mental chattering. It is possible to live a life free of that. No. 1 - fully realize that all the problems "I" chew on, do NOT have a hold on me. (they are like ice cubes which can… Continue reading Live Life Free of the Suffering of “Mind Chatter”
Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
Shikantaza is Understanding EmptinessBY Our beloved SHUNRYU SUZUKI Roshi.Suzuki Roshi explains that the purpose of Shikantaza — a practice commonly known as “just sitting” — is to actualize emptiness and move beyond our interpretations of reality. When we remember there is another world beyond our limited experience, we can empty ourselves of preconceived ideas and… Continue reading Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
Some thoughts on physical activity in the modern world…
Just thinking........ If we are primarily physical beings in a physical plane (DNA in a material world which operates essentially on Newtonian physics)..... and that we are wired with a brain that operates on quantum principles (a world where our body plane physics does not rule.... i.e. we can fly in our mind to places… Continue reading Some thoughts on physical activity in the modern world…
Practicing “Centeredness” – Maintaining a Touchstone
What is your priority in this moment? (and maintaining a touchstone) If a person does this "litmus test" of asking oneself *What is my priority at this moment?", it can easily uncover where ones focus (or lack of focus) is at a given moment ..... it can also uncover what one is currently fixated on.....… Continue reading Practicing “Centeredness” – Maintaining a Touchstone
Krishnamurti on religious organizations
"Religious organizations become as fixed and as rigid as the thoughts of those who belong to them. Life is a constant change, a continual becoming, a ceaseless revolution, and because an organization can never be pliable, it stands in the way of change; it becomes reactionary to protect itself. The search for truth is individual,… Continue reading Krishnamurti on religious organizations
How much of our life is lived in dis-satisfaction?
Here is a list (of things i know personally) which holds us in a tug of war in our human life.Any of one of them, can give rise to a sense of resistance or dis-satisfaction between what IS and the way we THINK or WISH things would be: - I want to have something that… Continue reading How much of our life is lived in dis-satisfaction?
Marie Battiste – What is learning spirit?
Treat others the way you wish to be treated – Human Ethics
In this world....There are so many legitimate rights that can be fought for..... There are so many wrongs that need to be righted.....There are so many ideologies, which is correct and which is incorrect?There are so many beliefs.. which are correct and which are incorrect?There are so many religions.. which are correct and which are… Continue reading Treat others the way you wish to be treated – Human Ethics
Reality is Dharma 