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    None of us know in advance what we will find in contemplative work but invariably we find everything we need if we let go of wanting to find anything in particular.

    Failure? How can we possibly fail at living, of simply being this aliveness we have always been. It just happens automatically with no assistance or any input from our thoughts, our desires, our fears.

    Failure? How can we possibly fail at living, of simply being this aliveness we have always been. It just happens automatically with no assistance or any input from our thoughts, our desires, our fears.

    We can never really see or know or grasp ourselves. All we can be aware of is the empty abundance of the world as it arises fresh in each moment and of which we are an unseparated, inseparable part.

    We can never really see or know or grasp ourselves. All we can be aware of is the empty abundance of the world as it arises fresh in each moment and of which we are an unseparated, inseparable part.

    Waking up is really about simply being alive—being alive as present experiencing, as boundless aware presence, as this whole unfathomable happening, …

    Spirit, Death, Whirlwinds, Waking Up

    Waking up is really about simply being alive—being alive as present experiencing, as boundless aware presence, as this whole unfathomable happening, …

    Spirit, Death, Whirlwinds, Waking Up

    What can we offer each moment of being? Only everything.

    What can we offer each moment of being? Only everything.

    There is no peace in information. No rest in knowledge. No sanctuary in belief.

    There is no peace in information. No rest in knowledge. No sanctuary in belief.

    Let us walk in the silence and spaciousness of our own true selves, as we venture out into the world each day, regardless of the landscape around us.

    Ando - Silence, walking

    Let us walk in the silence and spaciousness of our own true selves, as we venture out into the world each day, regardless of the landscape around us.

    Ando - Silence, walking

    You can lose interest in thought. It’s really not all that difficult. You sit back in and as the formless–in and as the of seat awareness…

    Losing Interest in Thought

    You can lose interest in thought. It’s really not all that difficult. You sit back in and as the formless–in and as the of seat awareness…

    Losing Interest in Thought

    There is no life to live, nor anywhere else to live it other than right here, right now in this very moment. It is either here or no life at all.

    There is no life to live, nor anywhere else to live it other than right here, right now in this very moment. It is either here or no life at all.

    The imperative nature of the present moment is everything we need. Embrace and cherish the vitality of what is.

    The imperative nature of the present moment is everything we need. Embrace and cherish the vitality of what is.

    The source of life is not out there somewhere but right here now, inside all of us in every moment. In every breath and action, we are aliveness itself.

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