Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.
Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.
The moment you open yourself completely to the love that awaits your conscious embrace, you are no longer there to receive it.
To hate the hate was just more hate; to reject the rejection was just more rejection; to judge the judging, just more judging.
You have eternity to experience your awakened self. So why not enjoy the dream while you’re in it, even if it is limited?
I stopped living a long time ago, in order to simply exist. Now I am trying to leave existence, in order to step into nihility.
The fearful seek to serve themselves by mastering the world, while the fearless seek to serve the world by mastering themselves.
My spirit is healthy, yes. But I tell you, my flesh is healthy too. I am enlightened and free, but I am also lustful and carnal.
The activity of loving kindness is the bridge that allows you to slowly, slowly realise the wisdom and perfection of this moment.
Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined,” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived.
As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.
Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.
Just like in the eye of the storm there is always comfort within the chaos. Becoming aware of this however, is your responsibility.
When a bully is held accountable for his actions, his future actions will change. Bad behavior only continues for those who allow it.
Learning and knowing something is cool, but superb knowledge comes when you leave your books and become the inner world's friend.
Do not allow consumerism to dictate your spiritual practice. You need nothing more than your focused attention to gain enlightenment.