“What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size.” ~Carl Jung It’s our natural, awakened state to resist nothing. When the illusion of separation is seen through, there’s simply the free flow of experience continually welcoming everything. There is no threat, no fear, and no sense of a person who needs ...Read More
The Story Is Extra
"Rest in natural great peace this exhausted mind, Beaten helplessly by karma and neurotic thoughts Like the relentless fury of the pounding waves In the infinite ocean of samsara. Rest in natural great peace." ~Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche Several years ago, I ran into a friend who had just finished a month-long ...Read More
Abandon Hope and Wishful Thinking
“The spirit is so near that you can’t see it! But reach for it… Don’t be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don’t be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him.” ~Rumi I’ll let you in on a little secret. If you’re waiting to be happy or looking forward to the time when ...Read More
Tools for Compulsive Thinking
“The more you think and talk, the more you lose the Way. Cut off all thinking and pass freely anywhere.” ~ Zen Patriarch Seng-T'san In our last post, I invited you to reflect on four insights about thoughts and thinking, and how they apply to your own experience. How did it go? As a refresher, the insights ...Read More
What to Do with Pesky Thoughts
“All the things that truly matter—beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace—arise from beyond the mind.” ~Eckhart Tolle “If only my mind would give me a break.” “How do I get these thoughts to stop?” These are some of the frustrations I hear every day from people trying to find peace from their thoughts. What ...Read More
Devotion…Surrender…
“Until you practice surrender, the spiritual dimension is something you read about, talk about, get excited about, write books about, think about, believe in - or don't, as the case may be. It makes no difference. Not until you surrender does it become a living reality in your life.” ~Eckhart Tolle There is an open ...Read More
Stop…Be Still
“To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” ~Chang Tzu It was a lightbulb moment for me when I realized how much I had been putting up barriers to life—and happiness. I was in a place on my path where I was diligently studying my in-the-moment experience—and I discovered that my first response to ...Read More
A Better Way to Talk to Yourself
"In my experience, we don't make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn't personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire." ~Byron Katie As you probably know in your own experience, as humans we are highly conditioned to believe what our minds tell us about ...Read More
Don’t Follow Your Feelings
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~Rabindranath Tagore I know what it’s like to live a life driven by emotion, and believe me, it won’t make you happy. Someone shows up late, and you’re triggered by fear and anger. You get some negative ...Read More
How and Why to Turn Toward Your Body
“Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots." ~Rumi I love melting into the present moment. Here is where I deeply feel everything. I take in the world through all of my senses and savor what I experience. And when I’m very present, without being drawn into thoughts about the ...Read More
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