A subtle story. I do not know the origin. A young man decided to become a master archer. He apprenticed himself the the Master Archer in the village and totally devoted his life to archery. The master gave him exercises – like staring at a a small object until it became large and clear. And …
Hi Love I feel delighted to have your warm, loving and appreciative email. Thank you again for your contribution to the technical side of IML. As I have often said, I do feel that we are connected – like close brothers. You say: “I’m really amazed to discover every day how much asleep and day-dreaming …
Excerpts: There is Something Else… Our minds have been programmed in such a way that we don’t realise that we are always looking through our programming. It is like wearing pink coloured glasses – when we look out everything we see is tinted pink. We don’t know how to look out without looking through the …
I have often been asked: what is Enlightenment, and am I Enlightened. I have no real idea about what is Enlightenment. I seem to have more ideas of what it is not. At one time I did investigate the phenomenon, and I didn’t come up with anything substantial. In the Buddhist tradition, which seems to …
“Our mind is like a clear glass of water. If you put salt into the water, it becomes salt water; sugar, it becomes sugar water; shit it becomes shit water. But originally the water is clear. No thinking, no mind. No mind, no problem.” Zen Master Seung Sahn
Hi Love You say happiness is not so important for you. I go for that level that I feel is under the one you are focussing on – to where we are all in the state beyond seriousness and struggle. I have been noticing that with myself lately not interested in people’s struggle. To me …
It could be that – the moment of death is the the most important moment of our lives. (But then – it is too late.) Another view is that every moment is the most important. As I remember it, in the Tibetan Book of the Dead it is said that the very last moment of …
How to get free? In addition to unconditional awareness in each moment, and every moment awareness of posture, gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, what you are saying, and what you are thinking – you need to change everything. Ev-er-ry-thing! How? Exaggerate. If you normally speak quietly, either speak even quieter – OR SHOUT! And …