The universe includes us but isn’t about us.
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2022
Others suffer because we suffer.
Everything minus the ego.
The non dual condition is fundamentally paradoxical. As quantum phenomena are real but make no sense, the non dual perspective confounds its own actuality. It...
“‘Awareness’ is a word that points to the seeing that is never divided into seer and seen. Joan Tollifson”
Walking into each moment without history or expectation.
“The only way one really gets any of the most important benefits of meditation practice is by giving up on the notion that there are...
Enlightenment is the end of the one who cares about being enlightened or unenlightened.
What is beyond doubt takes no effort to maintain.
““The entirety of practical spirituality consists of distinguishing fantasy from actuality. Spirituality is the art of distinguishing fantasy from actuality”
“The entirety of practical spirituality consists of distinguishing fantasy from actuality. The spiritual problem consists of not being able to distinguish fantasy from actuality… It’s...
“This. This, that is utterly inconceivable and yet totally obvious and impossible to avoid. Joan Tollifson”
Thoughts are stories. Emotions are energy. Connect the two and cling to either or both creates suffering. To see through them and show their essential...
Stories are sophisticated patterns and we have evolved to create patterns out of chaos to survive. What we haven’t learned to do, yet, is recognise...
We are constantly told that we love stories. I would amend that to; we are addicted to stories. Stories create meaning but meaning is comforting...
Nihilism is just another story. Open awareness is that which is prior to, and allows for, all stories to appear and disappear as they inevitably...
The fewer stories and narratives we have running in our minds the freer we become.
As open awareness, walking along a deserted beach or a tranquil field is no different than being in the midst of the teeming cacophony of...
Whatever this is, cannot be pulled apart, divided or separated.
