The wind in the pines plays a subtle
Non-Effort
song, of which I have become
effortlessly aware.
I did not compose it, I do not perform it;
yet it simply is as it is.
Nor do I strain to be aware of it.
It just is as it has always been.
The music, strangely, is as bright as
My Self-lit interior.
If I tried to compose it or
perform it, I could not do so.
If I strained to become aware of it,
it would surely die and fade away.
The wind in the pines plays a subtle
Non-Effort
song, of which I have become
effortlessly aware.
I did not compose it, I do not perform it;
yet it simply is as it is.
Nor do I strain to be aware of it.
It just is as it has always been.
The music, strangely, is as bright as
My Self-lit interior.
If I tried to compose it or
perform it, I could not do so.
If I strained to become aware of it,
it would surely die and fade away.
Every single thought, idea, feeling, image and story that once crossed my mind has come and gone leaving no trace but unreliable memory.
Every single thought, idea, feeling, image and story that once crossed my mind has come and gone leaving no trace but unreliable memory.
We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.
Kalu Rinpoche
We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.
Kalu Rinpoche
The realisation that there is nothing to be done but recognise what is already completely and vividly evident.
The realisation that there is nothing to be done but recognise what is already completely and vividly evident.
Nothing to say, everything to be…
Nothing to say, everything to be…
When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. It happened to me by imperceptible degrees and I could not really believe it; I could not really claim it for some time. I thought there must be something wrong. It's like taking a drink of cold water when you are thirsty. Every tastebud on your tongue, every molecule in your body says thank you.
Leonard Cohen
When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. It happened to me by imperceptible degrees and I could not really believe it; I could not really claim it for some time. I thought there must be something wrong. It's like taking a drink of cold water when you are thirsty. Every tastebud on your tongue, every molecule in your body says thank you.
Leonard Cohen
My secret is I don’t mind what happens.
Krishnamurti
My secret is I don’t mind what happens.
Krishnamurti
Platitudes are not poetry.