Underneath all the turbulence there is peace.
Underneath all the noise there is silence.
Underneath all the pretense there is authenticity.
Underneath all the hurt there is compassion.
Underneath all the lies there is truth.
Let go of being attached to the surface layer of reality.
It is what is underneath that has real value.
What is underneath abides eternally.
It is the ground of all being.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Another Facet
Slow everything down.
Take your time.
Be with just the one thing that you are doing now.
Breathe.
Don't let the mind run away with your awareness into worrying or concern about the future.
Let past and future be in the past and future - that is, don't let them invade the present.
When you are present, wonderful things take place - love, peace - these things heal the world and other people.
Your primary function is to be peace, love, compassion. Everything else is secondary.
When you are in a space of peace/love all actions from that space are infused with it.
All this heals the world.
Take your time.
Be with just the one thing that you are doing now.
Breathe.
Don't let the mind run away with your awareness into worrying or concern about the future.
Let past and future be in the past and future - that is, don't let them invade the present.
When you are present, wonderful things take place - love, peace - these things heal the world and other people.
Your primary function is to be peace, love, compassion. Everything else is secondary.
When you are in a space of peace/love all actions from that space are infused with it.
All this heals the world.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The Treasure Hunt
I have had this experience:
When I wake up in the morning, in that initial microsecond before consciousness comes in, I am a blank slate. Then my mind comes in with all its content, memories, opinions. I have noticed this a lot over my life.
The last couple of mornings I have caught this moment and saw what was flooding into my consciousness - the content of my mind. Most of it was anxious, negative, resistant.
I asked myself, "Is all this true? Or is it all just garbage that I can toss out so that I can create a new reality for myself, one in which I can flourish and grow?"
I immediately began to focus on one thing that I was truly happy about. One thing that I was truly grateful for. One thing that I knew was real and good and let my mind focus on that. Once it started, it began to find other things that were positive. I took it on a treasure hunt of gratefulness. Such a great morning.
My mind is just a machine that needs direction. I am the driver.
That morning I was not asleep at the wheel.
When I wake up in the morning, in that initial microsecond before consciousness comes in, I am a blank slate. Then my mind comes in with all its content, memories, opinions. I have noticed this a lot over my life.
The last couple of mornings I have caught this moment and saw what was flooding into my consciousness - the content of my mind. Most of it was anxious, negative, resistant.
I asked myself, "Is all this true? Or is it all just garbage that I can toss out so that I can create a new reality for myself, one in which I can flourish and grow?"
I immediately began to focus on one thing that I was truly happy about. One thing that I was truly grateful for. One thing that I knew was real and good and let my mind focus on that. Once it started, it began to find other things that were positive. I took it on a treasure hunt of gratefulness. Such a great morning.
My mind is just a machine that needs direction. I am the driver.
That morning I was not asleep at the wheel.
Is There A Choice?
Why does the mind like to complain?
Why is it so easy to slip into negativity?
There are reasons to be mad. There are reasons to be afraid. There are reasons to feel sad.
There are reasons to be happy. There are reasons to be grateful. There are reasons to be inspired.
It is all out there for us to choose.
Do I have a choice?
What will I choose?
Why is it so easy to slip into negativity?
There are reasons to be mad. There are reasons to be afraid. There are reasons to feel sad.
There are reasons to be happy. There are reasons to be grateful. There are reasons to be inspired.
It is all out there for us to choose.
Do I have a choice?
What will I choose?
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The Nature of Relief
Relief.
What is relief? The feeling of letting go of a burden. It is also the creation of space. It is also silence within the mind. Interesting enough, relief is a word that means giving food to the hungry.
We are hungry for the peace and sanity of relief.
When the mind is silent, there is relief. In relief, there are no thoughts that are concerned with a problematic self. In relief, there are no thoughts that are perpetuating a problematic self.
When there are no thoughts there is relief, there is silence, there is peace. That is a fact.
Is it a fact that to have anxiety one must have thoughts?
Is it a fact that to have fear one must have thoughts about it?
Is it a fact that to have depression one must have thoughts?
Is it possible to be afraid and not think?
Is it possible to be anxious and not think?
Is it possible to be depressed and not think?
Take a look. Try it out and see.
What is relief? The feeling of letting go of a burden. It is also the creation of space. It is also silence within the mind. Interesting enough, relief is a word that means giving food to the hungry.
We are hungry for the peace and sanity of relief.
When the mind is silent, there is relief. In relief, there are no thoughts that are concerned with a problematic self. In relief, there are no thoughts that are perpetuating a problematic self.
When there are no thoughts there is relief, there is silence, there is peace. That is a fact.
Is it a fact that to have anxiety one must have thoughts?
Is it a fact that to have fear one must have thoughts about it?
Is it a fact that to have depression one must have thoughts?
Is it possible to be afraid and not think?
Is it possible to be anxious and not think?
Is it possible to be depressed and not think?
Take a look. Try it out and see.
Live In The Truth
When the inner and the outer are in sync, then amazing things can happen.
Most of the time we are in contradiction. What we feel internally is not expressed externally.
Why is that?
In my case, it has always been fear. Fear of being ridiculed, fear of being laughed at, fear of making someone angry, fear of rejection. The list is a long one.
Over time I have asked myself this question, "Who is it who is afraid?"
After looking at it I come back to the same answer.
The fear is not who I am. The fear is an invention. It is a bundle of thoughts and emotions. It is those thoughts and emotions resisting an image of a future event that does not exist.
There is nothing to fear other than what the mind says it has to fear.
Reality - what actually is - is the truth. Living through our thought-generated interpretations of reality is living in reaction to something that is not what is actually happening "out there".
Become aware of how your own thoughts generate fear. Know that those thoughts are not who you actually are. Who are you then? I feel that to be in that space of wonder where knowledge is of no use and must be put aside, is a step toward living in the truth of reality.
Most of the time we are in contradiction. What we feel internally is not expressed externally.
Why is that?
In my case, it has always been fear. Fear of being ridiculed, fear of being laughed at, fear of making someone angry, fear of rejection. The list is a long one.
Over time I have asked myself this question, "Who is it who is afraid?"
After looking at it I come back to the same answer.
The fear is not who I am. The fear is an invention. It is a bundle of thoughts and emotions. It is those thoughts and emotions resisting an image of a future event that does not exist.
There is nothing to fear other than what the mind says it has to fear.
Reality - what actually is - is the truth. Living through our thought-generated interpretations of reality is living in reaction to something that is not what is actually happening "out there".
Become aware of how your own thoughts generate fear. Know that those thoughts are not who you actually are. Who are you then? I feel that to be in that space of wonder where knowledge is of no use and must be put aside, is a step toward living in the truth of reality.
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