Big Mind
Big Mind — Watching the mind work is how we prepare to live in the moment. Here are some examples of simply watching.
Zen Ideas
Non-Habitual Living and Being
The way we view our lives, and ‘reality’ is not true. In fact, it’s simply an unconscious habit. Learn ways to recognize habitual thinking and behaving, and then, learn how to change it.
Like Clouds Drifting By
Like Clouds Moving By — two twisty, turny little ideas. The first idea is this: we know things by their opposite, and all couplets are an essential unity. The second idea is this: thoughts are not real — they are, in a sense, like clouds drifting along on a blue sky day.
Soft Eyes and an Open Heart
Soft Eyes and an Open Heart — open heartedness requires an empty heart — a difficult concept for Westerners to grasp. Soft eyes produce astounding clarity. Let’s see how this works as a dance of intimacy.
Beliefs and Motes
Beliefs and Motes — There is no objective reality. Everything is filtered through our beliefs. Knowing that can make a difference
On Killing the Buddha
On killing the Buddha — This means ‘being with’ myself as I am, without judgement. I am how I am. And as I go there, I realize that, if I do not cling to the idea that I will be this way ‘forever,’ how I am shifts as time goes by. If I do not invest in my ‘tale of woe,’ I pass through it — until the next time.
Be Where You Are
Be Where You Are — The wise person does not know the destination. The wise person does know where he or she is now.
The Finger That Points to the Moon…
The Finger That Points to the Moon… — our internal representations are neither real, nor necessarily accurate.
Finding Compassionate Wholeness
Compassionate wholeness happens infrequently in our world, because of the downward pull toward security and safety — things valued by
Another Look at Emptiness
Another Look at Emptiness — a Western look at emptiness, and how different categories of “knowing” affect us