“I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based… Continue reading Shunryu Suzuki – Quotes – Belief
True Nature – like Fibre-Optics
One analogy of the System of the Universe ...... could be to visualize a light source of a ball of fibre-optics lines, with the fibre-optics line ends splaying out, and each end seated in the Source, and the "outer" end showing the Sources picture. The received image from the Source is the same for all.....… Continue reading True Nature – like Fibre-Optics
This Moments Contents
This moments contents.... this moments sensations... this moments thoughts Let them flow off Like dissipating smoke flowing out behind the crystal orb called now. like the fading sound of the inkin ringing........ Let them be as they are. Self-cleaning Now. ~ ~ Like water off a ducks back. Being present in this moment.... the last… Continue reading This Moments Contents
Beginners Mind, Now Mind
Sitting in zazen the distracting layers falling off as we fall through the layers we fall into purer and purer now Only now.... just sitting..... Shikantaza Beginners mind
On Diligence – Notes
I like the word diligence. Diligence "works". (Note to myself.....) By not living life diligently, we put ourselves on a treadmill. Actually, what we all ARE on is a “down” escalator, walking up..... and we need to put enough effort into our life, that we reach the next floor, or we will always be ending… Continue reading On Diligence – Notes
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance – the meaning behind this term is especially important to the people of our current world, which is changing so rapidly in recent years. As we grow and change , our life experience grows with us. If our beliefs and our point of view do not grow to reflect this, we can end… Continue reading Cognitive Dissonance
Practice Notes – March 11 2018
When i was young, the thinking mind “turned on”..... i thought about life... alot..... then one day, i realized that thinking was making “me” more sick. Then i spent a long time trying to force this thinking mind to be quiet ... but it was counter-productive... like the mythical nine headed hydra, each head I… Continue reading Practice Notes – March 11 2018
Practice Notes – March 12 2018
In our practice, we let go of struggle. Struggle is cognitive dissonance, and does not lead to anything but more struggling. Instead, i just sit watching the processes occurring in this awareness. Watching with unbroken watching. Standing diligently at the door of the senses, watching. Watching and breathing...... Thoughts occur..... asking questions..... i let go… Continue reading Practice Notes – March 12 2018
Door to understanding the 100 Dharmas
Shastra - Door to understanding the 100 Dharmas Shastra_on_the_Door_to_Understanding_the_Hundred_Dharmas - English It was only when I met a Buddhist monk in China, and he introduced me to the "Shastra - Door to understanding the 100 Dharmas" that I became interested in studying the basics of Buddhism, and the early books that were brought back from… Continue reading Door to understanding the 100 Dharmas
Falling off – More Nonsense, Different Day – Feb 21 2018
I try to hold the name of something, (pin the name on the donkey) but that name keeps falling off. I try to maintain the characteristics of something, but those characteristics keep falling off. I try to guard the meaning of something, but that meaning keeps falling off. How miserable..... no.... how wonderful!
Reality is Dharma 