Within...

Am I looking at another with my thoughts or am I looking at another from a place within, anew, totally present....

Are my actions from conditioned thought or am I moved into action through an inner sense, with no thought at all...

 Do I speak from conditioned responses or is silence the authentic language from which I speak...

Shhhh.....

Shhhh...hush, be still with body, you are not your thoughts, who is resting in the stillness of the body....let everything that arises rise; breath, thoughts, an itch, pain, subtle movements... be ever so gentle, let everything pass through you....Yield and let change happen, it happens anyway. Practice this throughout each day .... and joy will organically replace suffering.

The Play of Life....

 

What we let go of was never real in the first place.

Stop....

 Can you stop for just a moment or longer and see what is getting your attention? Let all streaming thoughts float by, as if in the distant back ground and let what is getting your attention be present.



                            You are blooming now whether you recognize it or not.

                                     
                                 

Open...Closed

                          It does not matter to a flower if it is opened or closed.

                               
  It does not matter to a flower if it is opened or closed. The flower's beauty is always there, always unfolding no matter what. It doesn't mind what happens; drought, hail, floods or even stepped on....it's beauty and expressive nature never stops. In time it will appear to end its cycle of beauty, set seed, wither and eventually disappear from the bodies eyes and yet it will emerge again next spring, all the while never loosing it's beauty.

You too are a beautiful flower, opened or closed, you never loose your beauty! See yourself from within and you will smile, at knowing your true nature, just as a flower does.

Never Hidden...

You are never hidden from the truth of who you are, nor is your expansive radiant self a secret. Life moves through you, be still, now and know that you quietly & gently ride the wave from moment to moment. Let no thought pull you from this moment...Life is yours!

Today...

 
Everything exists within the nature of who you are. This includes the good, the bad, the ugly ... the difference between bliss and suffering is that there is no separate you, no I, no judgment, no mistaken identity that is attached to an experience or an outcome of the good, the bad & the ugly.

Your Divine, Absolute Self exists with no separation and everything is all blissfully alright!

Effort...

It takes no effort to Be who you most truly are. Just like a flower ... it naturally is, with no effort at all...and it's beauty is infinite just as you are!



                                      

Give no attention to thought which passes through your mind like raindrops from the sky....rest, breathe...you may notice that you have always been blooming!

          
 The beauty within is not seperate from the beauty without. Know that you know!                            

Relax...

 Relax, sit back...let the personal "I" finish taking its laps around the track. Once the "I" is gone there is no one that needs fulfilling, you will naturally be as you have always been, happy, at home, in peace! 

To be as you are, requires going no where, achieving nothing, no money, no sacrifice, no next step, no degree, no next lesson... relax, you need do nothing...the truth of who you are is always there. It has been there before the personal "I" took front & center stage. Your natural divine, absolute Self is your natural inheritance!

Books, movies, poetry, nature, satsangs, talks, religions, meditations, this blog etc. are only tools that can assist in pointing you in the right direction that is all. Your Self discovery happens in your own unique way.

At best, stay present to what is here now, practice or not what draws you naturally... if the personal "I" considers what is natural for you the least spiritual thing, no worries, trust your natural instincts, they are navigating your way home beautifully!

At any thought juncture it helps to ask “Who am I?” “Who’s asking?”

Relax, put your feet up...your nearly home (you always have been!), it's all right under your nose...you can smell spring’s arrival, just like you can smell truth!

"Sound Judgment"

 
We spend an entire life time making decisions on "sound judgments." In fact, most of us are raised this way. Society, jobs and relationships recognize & reward us through the efforts of "sound judgments."

Well here's the only  "sound judgment" there is ... judgment is a concept made up by the personal I to keep separation & suffering running. Judgments aren't real; they are only mind made thoughts. Let all judgment go, melt away & you are liberated...completely free!

When "sound judgments" arise let them flow by ... they will if you let them, even if the "sound judgment" is loud & anchored deep, remember it is just a thought, no need to discriminate no matter how "sound" the judgment is...

You will know how to function just fine without  judgments...trust this.

Breathe in, breathe out & let "sound judgments" flow right through you, like running water flowing by...

Nothing required...

 To be who you truly are requires absolutely nothing ... this is the honest truth.

Your beauty is in everything you see, hear, smell and touch ... this can only be. There is no separation from any of it. If it were separate than there would be an I and there is none.

Each body, form, experience is manifested from the cause less joy that you are. What is in you is no different than what is outside of you. The "I" would like you to believe otherwise...don't buy into it.

Do you really want to hold onto the belief that you are a personal "I" separate and suffering? You don't have to.

What you let go of is what you are not.

Cultivate Patience...

                                     
               Patience with out an I, patience without an other, is patience as a virtue.

What is forming...?

That which you are has no form. You are all of it. Let what arises, arise and be.... it's not about you. Let others be too... let whatever arises for them be.

Meditation...

 My first meditative practice required a timer along side my semi lotus posture, with me checking the timer every few seconds to see how long I had been meditating and I had set the timer for 5 minutes.....sitting was never my thing! 

Zen Story: Becoming Buddha

Daily, the student sat out front his hut in lotus posture, meditating for a long time. His Zen Master watched and knew this student would become a very worthy person in time but thought right now, he’s stuck and could use some help.

The Zen Master approached the student and inquired as to what he was trying to get by sitting in meditation. The student replied with conviction that he was trying to become Buddha.

Hearing this, the Zen Master picked up a rough clay tile that had fallen from the temple roof and began rubbing it against a rock.

The student inquired as to what his Zen master was doing. His teacher replied “I am polishing this rough tile to make it a precious jewel.”

“How can a roof tile ever become a precious jewel?” asked the student.

“How can you become a Buddha through Zen meditation,”  his Zen master replied, “if you weren’t already a Buddha to begin with?

Walking, standing, lying down, sitting…who are you in each of these activities? Real (Zen) meditation is not confined to sitting. Live Buddhas are not just found in the lotus posture.”

Hearing this, I stood up completely refreshed and went for a long walk…no  longer would I need a timer for meditation!

 

                                                         
                                            

BE BOLD...

Be bold! Remain undefinable! Only the personal "I" wants an identity...I did this, I plan to do this, I am doing this to become that, I, I, I....how about, just for a moment remain undefinable...

Play...

Let all things play out until you are no longer identified with the who that is playing!  The play of the personal I is a result of  a personal thought system that identifies oneself as separate, as an “I” figure, the me, mine, us, they, you, he, she, them...all  identify with "I." Language is nothing more than symbols denoting that which is separate, apart. Let the personal I, play itself out until you no longer identify with it and its' play...then you are free.When you are playing comfortably it is easy to forget that you are in the "I" game.  When  drama  arises that shakes you to rush into a practice, recognize it is just another form of play. No matter what is playing out in front of you, use mind to play with mind ....I AM always undisturbed  peace!