Meet Life From Where You Are

Meet life from where you are.

Don't put words to it. Feel your body.

The mind and its content are attempting to grab all your attention. Future concerns. Problems.

Let all that crap go. Get back into the body. Be in the actual world.

This is life where you are. Without thought.

That's it. It's all right. It's enough.

Only the mind wants more.

Artificial Intelligence

There are certain thoughts that activate the ego.

I will be relaxing, at peace, and then a certain series of thoughts come in to my mind. 

Then my ego is activated. The person is there. I begin to think about it. Feel it.

Before the person takes attention over completely, I have to catch it. Wake up from a potential dream. 

Otherwise, I will act according to the ego. The past. The history of me. 

It is like running electricity through an aritficial intelligence. A complex program.

It mimics life, but it is not truly alive.

It mimics intelligence, but it is not truly intelligent.

Put Good Into The World

When I weed out toxic thoughts, I purify myself. I come into balance.

When I do that, I am putting something good into the world. 

I start with myself. 

How do I weed out thoughts?

When I see poison, do I drink it?

When I see a bus coming, do I stand in the way?

The difficult part is seeing the thoughts as they arise.

The work is pruning them before they take hold.

Once I see that a thought is going to lead me into suffering, I drop it.

Most thoughts are rooted in suffering.

Can The Truth Be Known?

I am trying an experiment of letting go of everything the mind says. 

No matter what the mind says, I am not identifying with it. I am questioning it.

My mind is constantly making commentary on everything - opinions, judgements, criticisms.

Why should I assume that it knows the truth?

Can the truth be known?