"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love." - Brene Brown Exactly so! Bryan Wagner

Lately I've noticed how much fun it is to be righteously angry. That weird state in which I'm not only angry but absolutely (in my little stream of thought) right! Being angry and "in the right" is up there with cocaine and amphetamine addiction as far as feeling invulnerable and safe. (That's from sad personal... Continue Reading →

"I am out with lanterns looking for myself." - Emily Dickinson Exactly so. What is that? What drives that search? I have always felt as though there is something else going on beneath the apparent surface, something deeper, and beyond my perceptions, as though the weave of life has a secret message that sings to... Continue Reading →

"Self-honesty is not putting yourself down or feeling sorry for yourself. Self-honesty is looking at things as they are and then being compelled to make changes." - Frederick Lenz Self-honesty requires going into one's life process and seeing the social conditioning that has already painted your perceptions with conclusions about yourself. Once seen conditioning no... Continue Reading →

"Can you imagine how liberating it is to never be disillusioned again, to never be disappointed again? You'll never feel let down again. Never feel rejected. Want to wake up? You want happiness? You want freedom? Here it is: Drop your false ideas" - Anthony de Mello Although I don't think we manufacture any states... Continue Reading →

As a part of my work practice, I enjoy working with the earth and I have been "landscaping" a section of the yard. Some yards of dirt were uncovered, and for several weeks a pair of robins taught their offspring about finding food in the overturned earth. It was an engaging thing to watch. Now... Continue Reading →

No, I don't believe that's possible. It's like conceptualizing a square hole. Lately I've been noticing that the art of meditation, when presented as "formula's and path's," becomes another way to try to control and manipulate a life experience. But that's it isn't it? Humans resist the perspective of direct engagement because it manifests when... Continue Reading →

"I'm my experience, we don't make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day I noticed their appearance wasn't personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire." - Byron Katie Another way of saying we are not our thoughts, despite how much conditioning tells us we consciously manufacturing thoughts, we're not. Our entire system, biological,... Continue Reading →

"I exist as I am, that is enough." - Walt Whitman I have this saying on some notecards that are posted here and there, because I use this statement as a personal Koan or puzzle. I know I'm "supposed" to believe the statement, but alas, (I always wanted to use that word) I can't quite... Continue Reading →

"Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle." Lao Tzu A Human, Being, is processing information at 4-6 billion synaptic interactions PER SECOND. Hmm. Sometimes, not always, but more often than we believe, taking those minutes to allow all this massive... Continue Reading →