I asked myself, “What is True?”And this is what I wrote: Various ideas come and go.Many of which lead to plans and decisions.Some of which I do.Not all of which are necessary or helpful. I get lost in many of the ideas.I lose myself.Instead I believe I am the hero of my ideas and feelings,The […]
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Loving Love
We love love. It’s one of our most basic needs, and one we’ll go great lengths to meet. But love is not something we find. It is our natural state of being. We need only remove the blocks to our awareness of its presence. That block is the ego-mind, which sees the world through the […]
Continue readingThe Sound of Silence?
How does silence sound? If there is silence there is no sound. There’s nothing to hear. While this may be true of physical silence, when it comes to the mind silence is not quite what it seems. Perhaps, like me, you have noticed when the thinking mind is quiet — when you are deep in […]
Continue readingEffortless Being
Behind all our endeavors lies the desire to feel good — to be happy, feel content, relaxed, and at ease. No one wants to be in pain or to suffer unnecessarily. This is our true bottom line. We may think we are seeking some external goal, but we are seeking it in the hope that, […]
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Pause. Just pause. Nothing else. And notice your experience. Notice what is there. In this moment. There will probably be various perceptions — sights, sounds, smells. Bodily sensations of one kind or another. Perhaps some feelings or a general mood. And most likely, along with these, some thoughts. Maybe some strong ones dominating your attention. […]
Continue readingSat Chit Ananda
Sat-chit-ananda is a common theme in many Indian teachings, and is usually translated as truth-consciousness-bliss, or something along similar lines. It is often interpreted as some experience or state of consciousness to be attained. And a lot of spiritual literature reinforces this, leading people to look for, or hope for, some exceptional new experience. But […]
Continue readingSynchronicity and the ‘Support of Nature’
Back in the sixties I spent time studying Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh, India. When he was assessing how we were each progressing in our practice, he was often not so interested in our experiences within meditation itself—whether we were noticing subtle levels of thinking, discovering the true self, […]
Continue readingConsciousness does not identify with anything
I sometimes hear people claim that pure consciousness identifies itself with the ego, with thinking, or with the body. What they are effectively saying is that the pure Self, i.e. that which is conscious of all experiences, believes it is a separate self, a thinker, a chooser, and doer of actions. But the pure Self, […]
Continue readingThere is no such thing as self
Let me be clear, the emphasis is on “thing”. We all experience a sense of personal self, a “me” that is reading these words, an individual with its own thoughts and opinions, likes and dislikes. And we also know a sense of I-ness that is always present, that which knows this experience right now, and […]
Continue readingReturning to Natural Mind
In the final analysis, the hope of every person is simply peace of mind. Behind all our endeavors lies the desire to be happy, to feel content, relaxed, and at ease. No one wants to be in pain or to suffer unnecessarily. This is our true bottom line. We may think we are seeking some […]
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