“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
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
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
A Wise and Kind Relationship to Your Feelings
For the past two weeks, we’ve been studying emotions. You can find these past posts here and here. What have we discovered? The Essence of Meeting Emotions The physical body is primed to experience emotions. They’re normal. Things get complicated when our thinking minds try to make sense of what’s ...Read More
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