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“It is merely as an expedient that the Essence of Mind is so called; it cannot really be named by any name. Hui Neng”

True wisdom automatically arises the more we unlearn, undo and let go of the apparent compulsion to know and control everything.

Paradoxically it is both a great relief and also a source of boundless capacity, to look for oneself and find no one at the wheel.

“In the silence prior to thoughts, there is nothing to be said… Thinking about thoughts”

None of us know in advance what we will find in contemplative work but invariably we find everything we need if we let go of...

Failure? How can we possibly fail at living, of simply being this aliveness we have always been. It just happens automatically with no assistance or...

We can never really see or know or grasp ourselves. All we can be aware of is the empty abundance of the world as it...

“Waking up is really about simply being alive—being alive as present experiencing, as boundless aware presence, as this whole unfathomable happening, … Spirit, Death, Whirlwinds,...

What can we offer each moment of being? Only everything.

There is no peace in information. No rest in knowledge. No sanctuary in belief.

“Let us walk in the silence and spaciousness of our own true selves, as we venture out into the world each day, regardless of the...

“You can lose interest in thought. It’s really not all that difficult. You sit back in and as the formless–in and as the of seat...

There is no life to live, nor anywhere else to live it other than right here, right now in this very moment. It is either...

The imperative nature of the present moment is everything we need. Embrace and cherish the vitality of what is.

The source of life is not out there somewhere but right here now, inside all of us in every moment. In every breath and action,...

If anything, I surrender to the infinite, the unknowable, this ungraspable moment.

“To see what is right in front of one’s nose is a constant struggle. George Orwell”

We don’t have to know anything or attain any new information to fully recognise the nature of our mind.

Like a snail, we carry our true home with us wherever we go. Our intrinsic open awareness of unseparated being is always present. Even in...