Observing everything with full attention becomes a way of life
The mind must come to a state of silence, completely empty of fear, longing and all images. This cannot be brought about by suppression, but by observing every feeling and though without...
View ArticleThe Light of True Awareness
If the mind turned outward and distracted, starts observing its own being, alienation ends, and the vestige ego, merges in the light of true Awareness, shining in the heart. — Sri Muruganar – The...
View ArticleAlways say “Yes” to the present moment!
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life. — Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now (p. 35) Always say “Yes” to the present moment!
View ArticleLiving stillness
Jean Klein It is only through silent awareness that our physical and mental nature can change. This change is completely spontaneous. If we make an effort to change we do no more than shift our...
View ArticleLet us practice the establishment of peace in our hearts and on earth
Thich Nhat Hanh Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds. Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves. Let us be aware of the source of being, common to us all and to all living...
View ArticleCultivating steady awareness
Ajahn Chah Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking. Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether...
View ArticleHow much closer can we get?
Gulliver’s View Going out in the world as an individual and visiting an abandoned house gives me the sensation that I am close to those objects outside of me. I can touch them, I can smell them, I can...
View ArticleEmpathy
The Observer Tempus Fugit… Time flies… When I watch the date of my latest post I must admit that my writing becomes very rare these times. Being too much involved into mundane concerns I find my blog...
View ArticleTo Forget the Self
The Storyteller What is the Self? Countless people have asked themselves this question and there have been numberless answers. But as these answers have all been observations expressed in words. What...
View ArticleEnlightenment
I, Awareness, cannot be enlightened. I am already the light that illumines all experience. Nor can a separate self be enlightened for when the separate self faces the light, it vanishes, just as does...
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