âWhatever you think you are, thatâs not it.â ~ Adyashanti Many of us live behind layers of assumptions that prevent us from seeing things clearly. We assume people wonât like us or will reject us. We assume weâll fail. We assume things wonât go our way. We assume that we actually are the loser our thoughts tells ...Read More
The Pain of Resisting What Is
âLet everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.â ~Rainer Maria Rilke Are you feeling stuck, out of sorts, disconnected? Are you gripped by compulsions or fear? If so, itâs a guarantee that youâre resisting a part of your experience. Closing down to yourself is so painful. ...Read More
Keeping It Simple
"Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.â ~Mary Oliver At its core and in its natural state, life is simpleânow in this moment, and always. There is a just whatâs here and happening...with no commentary, judgment, or resistance that complicates matters. Itâs like stripping the moment down to ...Read More
How to Be with a Busy Mind
"One has to watch the fluctuations of the mind without touching anything. By remaining as a neutral witness of thoughts, sensations, and perceptions, one comes to know that which is prior to the mind.â ~Swami Atmananda Udasin What is it like when we're caught in a busy mind? Weâre flooded with thoughts that doubt, ...Read More
The Ease of Non-Attachment
âNon-attachment is not the elimination of desire. It is the spaciousness to allow any quality of mind, any thought or feeling, to arise without closing around it, without eliminating the pure witness of being. It is an active receptivity to life.â ~Stephen Levine Some time ago, I was speaking to a charming ...Read More
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