Buck and the Imperfect
I’ve been having these imperfect thoughts about imperfection. My friend Buck just passed on. He wanted to go, so I guess that’s fine. His lot was lousy (Job had an easier lot). Physical pain, psychosocial pain beyond the toilet bowl, along with problems too mundane, problems too private to get into here. [...]
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Tee said…
Posted in Buddhism, Consciousness, metaphysics, psychology on Apr 12th, 2010
I was telling Tee that I needed a simple text, an “Enlightenment for Dummies”, and she replied that finally there is no guide… you have to go the last step alone, uncharted… ultimately all the Gurus will tell you that for the finally step there is no path, no bridge. You have to jump… and [...]
Behold: the Business of Isness
Posted in Buddhism, Consciousness, poetry on Mar 15th, 2010
Behold: the Business of Isness
I have found an answer to the puzzle
and of course it is not The Answer
Mooji says
ask who the I is
ask who the watcher
who is it that sees?
and Mooji says
I’m not interested in the answer
just study the question
who am I
who am I
who am I
and the answer is The Jewel in the Lotus
Om [...]
Did Jesus Walk on Water?: Evidence for the Divine
Posted in Buddhism, metaphysics, the seven laws of..., truisms on Jan 22nd, 2009
Can Jesus Walk on Water?
I’ve not seen it, but I’ve seen enough to give pause.
What I have seen is synchronicity.
During the eighties and nineties I followed the native way: the sacrament of the pipe, the ordeal of the sweat lodge. Following a vision quest, everyday for a month there was some synchronicity. We spoke of [...]
drop into your heart
Posted in Buddhism, Consciousness, cosmology, for now, mantra, metaphysics, observations, poetry, psychology, stories, this blog, trivia, truisms on Jan 11th, 2009
Tee said, “The only way to escape the misery is to fall into your heart. Don’t listen to your mind. Fall into life. You have to listen to your body. Listen to everything – in silence. Fall into silence.”
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verses on the faith mind
Posted in Buddhism, Consciousness, metaphysics, truisms on Jul 22nd, 2008
“hsin hsin ming”
verses on the faith mind
by Sengstan (third zen patriarch)
(Phil Starkman of the Spring Rain Sangha
gave me these verse on the faith mind, long ago -
and everybody should have them)
The great Way is not difficult
for those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction however
and [...]