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Where do you want to be?

I work with someone who spends all of their time on holiday despite actually being on holiday for only two weeks of every year. The...

““When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.”” — Byron Katie

Distraction? What distraction?

We might say a distraction is a thing which takes our attention away from another thing. One separate thing in a world of other separate...

There’s nothing special or mysterious about the non dual perspective. What it reveals, however, is nothing but mystery.

Quality and quantity are irrelevant to meditation/ contemplation.

Mind is an open space full of everything. The view from everywhere.

How to be unhappy

1. Compare yourself to others 2. Compare the present with the past and the future 3. Believe your thoughts 4. Repeat until miserable

““I speak not of transcendence, but of what shimmers before the mind moves to name it. Not the ultimate, but the immediate. The unsponsored. The...

““The way out of our cage begins with accepting absolutely everything about ourselves and our lives.”” — Tara Brach

There is no thought, idea, concept or story that can survive the raw actuality of experience. Not even this one 😉

Self interest is a dead end.

Good morning.

““Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.”” — Haruki Murakami

Good morning.

““Silence is not freedom from sounds. Silence is not freedom from thoughts. Silence is freedom from some other moment – past or future.”” — Dorothy...

Good morning.

““...it becomes vividly clear that in concrete fact I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware.”” — Alan...

Looking back over old journal entries from years ago I see a completely different person. Recognisable but gone. How transient and ephemeral our selves are.

Ouch

This morning I stubbed my toe. Badly. You know, the kind that hurts beyond all reason. The stubbing that convinces you the toe must be...

When I look to see where and what I am I find nothing but everything.