Wanting, craving, thirsting, clinging. This is the way of non-acceptance, the way of misery.
And so the opposite is true:
Desirelessness, non-grasping, non-attachment, openness. This is the way of acceptance, the way of joy and peace.
Wanting, craving, thirsting, clinging. This is the way of non-acceptance, the way of misery.
And so the opposite is true:
Desirelessness, non-grasping, non-attachment, openness. This is the way of acceptance, the way of joy and peace.
Question: how does one resolve the seemingly contradictory notions that on one hand, God/consciousness is everywhere in everything equally, and on the other, some places and some people are more sacred and holy than others? It’s a function of apparentness. To those who are misled and confused by false notions, the divine is variously less…
While faith has a political dimension Partisan politics is deeply divisive The faithful of whatever stripe Should cleanse their hearts of such division Individually we must include the ‘other’ Warts and all If our hearts are filled with self-righteousness And moral certainty Of the kind that condemns the other That abandons the other As fallen…
If you have to live (with something), if it’s inevitable and inescapable, you’d best learn to love it. I’m talking about life itself, all of it. You gotta go all the way.
Enjoy the bliss of this Without question or need Just falling ever into it Into this No questions asked No seeking found Heavenly peace Who knows where this freefall will lead? Or what we’ll encounter On this endless drop But who cares? Enjoy the ride The forever slide Helter-skelter Roller-coaster When we freefall We needn’t…
God is here. Don’t go looking to the past or the future or somewhere else to find him. He is here, now. Immanent and transcendent. Here, yet beyond also. But not in some idealised past or hoped-for future. Be open to his presence now. No need to go searching and seeking. He is ever present…
Whenever desire or dissatisfaction shows up our first instinct is to try to get or change something. We’re trained to leap up and run after our impulses like show-dogs. Desire says “jump” and we say “how high?!” And since these thoughts and feelings and wants keep popping up, large and small, we’re endlessly running around,…