Allow More Room
An open heart and an open mind has plenty of room for life as it comes. “Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome...
View ArticleGot Love?
We Do Have Love, Thank You for Reminding me! A couple nights ago I posted a quote from Jiddu Krishnamurti which said “There have been 15,000 wars in the last 5000 years and there is still no love, no...
View ArticleFreedom Through Loving What Is
When I write or talk about learning to love ‘what is’ I seem to find a lot of resistance. People hear me say that and they imagine themselves doormats to life, just lying down and letting whatever...
View ArticleLife’s Greatest Mystery
Until we know God we will always be hungry. The type of knowing I am speaking of is Gnosis. It is a knowledge which is felt and understood by the heart and soul, not by the head. The brain, the source...
View ArticleLife is a Journey, Not an Obstacle
Life is a journey, filled with myriad destinations: some near, some far, some purposeful, others surprising. The journey itself is a paradox: Nothing is as it seems. The senses betray us, though not...
View ArticleI Wish For You …
Last night at Spiritual Cinema we watched the beautiful movie, I Am by Tom Shadyac. There were a couple of quotes, which inspired me, in the movie but I had not taken any notes, so I went to the...
View ArticleExamination of the Hsin Hsin Ming – Day One
For the rest of this week we are going to look at a writing called The Hsin Hsin Ming — Verses on the Faith Mind by Chien-chih Seng-ts’an, the Third Zen Patriarch. I would share it all, in this one...
View ArticleExamination of the Hsin Hsin Ming – Day Three
Today we will continue with the third installment of our examination of The Hsin Hsin Ming — Verses on the Faith Mind by Chien-chih Seng-ts’an, the Third Zen Patriarch. Consider this thought: The more...
View ArticleExamination of The Hsin Hsin Ming — Day Four
Today we embark on Day Four of our examination of The Hsin Hsin Ming — Verses on the Faith Mind by Chien-chih Seng-ts’an, the Third Zen Patriarch. We are nearing the end of this effort to share and...
View ArticleThe Serendipitous Life is the Only Life for Me
One of the things I absolutely love about living this moment to moment experience of life are all the serendipitous things which happen in my life. Many are daily and sometimes they are even hourly....
View ArticleWhy I Share my Thoughts
A friend of mine recently asked me, “Why do you write and share your thoughts with people.” He added, “People are just going to do what they do, regardless of whether or not you offer a better idea....
View ArticleThinking is Dangerous
It is not what happens to you, but what you think about what happens to you that creates your sorrow. You have heard these words, probably hundreds of times, if you have been on the spiritual path any...
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