Life is so intelligently organized and self-organizing that it is only the habit of un-awareness that causes us to think and behave as if we could improve on its design, or ignore or resist it! Yet, when we yield to it – the experience of enlightenment – living becomes effortless. We’ve got out ot the way and allowed Life to live us! Magnificently. Joyously. Limitlessly.
Today is my birthday. In anticipation of my birthday, my son called me on skype yesterday. Among other things, he shared his recent ‘downturn’ – a temporary slide down the slope of feeling alone and being rattled by it. When I spoke to my son last night, I told him about 2 things that I […]
How having ‘Non-Negotiables’ in your daily life can be a life-saver Read More »
What would it be like to accept yourself completely and unconditionally? Every bit of that thing that you see in the mirror, that goes with you everywhere, that never seems to switch off, not even when you’re sleeping because it dreams? What would it be like to look at every part of you – the
I dare you to do this Read More »
Over the last few days, my attention has been drawn to the experience of TRUST. It has happened when I have been considering a course of action and anxiety creeps in, anxiety that sometimes pushes me toward the action or pulls me away from it. It has also happened when I have had doubts
Trust can NEVER be broken Read More »
If you understand that thought directs energy, you will understand that dwelling on the same thought keeps energy stuck. Let’s look at some practical implications of this. When you keep thinking, ‘My knee hurts’ or ‘I have a weak bladder’ or ‘I can never make enough money’ or ‘My relationships never last’, while each
We have given a name to everything – people, objects, sensations, feelings, phenomena. As soon as we know the name of something, our experience of that thing is mediated through that name and all the accumulated information held therein. When I see something, the initial nanosecond of just seeing it is instantly overridden by the thought/label,
Can we ‘know’ and ‘see’ beyond thought and labels and why would that be useful? Read More »
I want to be sincerely generous with my time, my kindness, my money, my space. That means, I want to be generous not because I am afraid that if I don’t, I’ll suffer bad karma or that I won’t get what I really want but because I truly love and honor the natural laws by
Do you find yourself being motivated by fear but trying to convince yourself it’s love? Read More »
These are confusing times. We are under pressure to Succeed but the conditions for Success conflict with our most deeply held values and beliefs. Meanwhile, although we are mesmerized by the flashing lights of Success, we are also being pushed and shoved and prodded and programed to settle for less. These are confusing times. We
Can you desire Abundance without being greedy? Read More »
You cannot manufacture power You cannot trade peace You cannot buy happiness off a shelf And you certainly cannot barter love But of course You think you can You want to believe very much that you can And you will go to great lengths to prove it to yourself And you will convince yourself that
Pardon the cliche but we are full of it Read More »
I wake up with the crust of yesterday around me Covering me entirely Which itself contains the crust of the day before And the days before that And the years And the generations And the span of human existence And of all of time I wake up not realizing how encrusted I am But for
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The approach to truth has to be a subtle one, just as the approach to peace or joy. You can’t sledge hammer or charge your way to any of these. Then again, you might realize that the ‘journey’ is never a journey in time or space but a shift in the state of consciousness, from
Meditation practice and how it works Read More »