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Slowing down and wisening up
7 mins read. Do you feel like you’re in a hurry a lot of the time? Like there’s always something to get to after this? It’s not very relaxing, but in my observation we’re pretty much all in a hurry...
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Are you for real?!
6.5 mins read. We need to take the real self out. It is getting in the way of everything good, everything fun. Grasping at our self as real is the reason we took rebirth as a human being in the first...
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What do dreams mean?
The moment I stepped foot in the stunning IKRC temple last June, pictured here, I felt very peaceful — the blessings palpable. As no one was around, I decided on impulse to do a thought experiment:...
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The still point of the turning world
Just to quickly revisit the central theme of Everything Everywhere All at Once, ie, how kindness makes the world go round … the man sitting on the other side of the neuroscientist told us he was...
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Accepting responsibility
In a world of illusion, what matters? For one thing, I think it’s important to explore the connection between our intentions and our experiences — the infallible law of cause and effect as applied to...
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Waking up and staying awake
The only reason Buddha Shakyamuni appeared in this world, the so-called “Unforgetting World”, was to wake us sentient beings up so that we could experience lasting freedom and happiness. The only...
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Buddhas required – apply within
In general, the mind of enlightenment (Skt. bodhichitta) is the wish to attain enlightenment in order to free all living beings permanently from their suffering. Sitting here in the Rockies last week,...
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Is there anybody out there?!
In which case, though, if everything is empty and dream-like, not really happening, only appearing to be happening, how are we supposed to communicate with others?! How can we even say hello, let alone...
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A convincing fiction?
Your self is fictional so you can rewrite it. The reason I’m saying this is because a friend just sent me this very interesting article: Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees. I...
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Who is that little voice in our head?!
I was back at Bear Creek the other day (not that you can go back & step in the same river twice), and it was occurring to me that it never ever stops flowing. It is relentless. I’m no geologist but...
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