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Home
At home in joy,
At home in confusion,
At home in peace,
At home in darkness,
At home in light,
At home in noise,
At home in silence,
At home in pain,
Always at home,
Wherever, however, whenever
Home
At home in joy,
At home in confusion,
At home in peace,
At home in darkness,
At home in light,
At home in noise,
At home in silence,
At home in pain,
Always at home,
Wherever, however, whenever
You are the highest, utmost authority of and to yourself.
You are the highest, utmost authority of and to yourself.
You are the highest, utmost authority of and to yourself.
Original nature?
For me ‘original nature’ or ‘ground of being’ are not some ideal condition to attain away from the trials and tribulations of ordinary life but nothing less than the actual lived experience of our everyday lives.
They are always completely present in every moment whether one is sitting in quiet stillness or raging in a traffic jam next to a pneumatic drill on a boiling hot summer’s day.
There is nowhere to go, nothing to achieve or attain. Nor is there any escape since there is always the complete totality of presence.
No matter where you think you’re going to be or what you’re going to do it will always be right here, right now. There is nowhere else but here and now, no experience other than this. What is here, now and what you are is always complete and whole, indivisible yet impermanent.
Trust your own insights, you have your own unique mind and experience, no one else’s.
Trust your own insights, you have your own unique mind and experience, no one else’s.
Trust your own insights, you have your own unique mind and experience, no one else’s.
If there is to be change there must first be recognition. Indeed, often the seeing is the change.
Wondering about the degree to which we believe intentionality actually ends up achieving what was set out and conversely how much is achieved, and consequently goes unrecognised, as a result of unconscious, spontaneous action.
What we want to happen and what ends up happening are, perhaps, further apart than we imagine.
In each moment there is simply what is happening. The degree to which we think we are involved is almost certainly overstated.
Creativity and solitude
Two closely related aspects of being. Creativity fascinates me as I do not understand it. It’s like an alien language to me. Solitude however is my natural state. Solitude defines me, is me.
I’m fascinated by creativity. I have no idea what it is or how it happens.
If you can’t integrate/ assimilate traditional ancient wisdom into the ordinary reality of your own lived experience then you’re completely missing the point.
If you can’t integrate/ assimilate traditional ancient wisdom into the ordinary reality of your own lived experience then you’re completely missing the point.
If you can’t integrate/ assimilate traditional ancient wisdom into the ordinary reality of your own lived experience then you’re completely missing the point.
Far from shielding or protecting us, awakening/ enlightenment make us even more acutely aware of the vicissitudes of life which somehow, miraculously, make us instead of break us.
Far from shielding or protecting us, awakening/ enlightenment make us even more acutely aware of the vicissitudes of life which somehow, miraculously, make us instead of break us.
Far from shielding or protecting us, awakening/ enlightenment make us even more acutely aware of the vicissitudes of life which somehow, miraculously, make us instead of break us.
I’m continually surprised by how many apparently mature and experienced spiritual practitioners remain fixed in a self image of brokenness and lack, perpetually seeking their idea of perfection or nirvana at some future point in time and space. It’s as if they can’t let go of the handrail of spiritual materialism.
I have no idea what awakening or enlightenment mean to anyone else but to me they simply mean the open, unconditional, honest, vulnerable recognition of and gratitude for our life exactly as it is here and now.