"It isn't bragging if you can do it." - Buddy Rich talking to J. Carson. Of course spiritual people don't talk like that, do they? Because their humble. They have meditated and destroyed their ego, and can hardly wait to prove it by being humble for us to see. Mouse like, they move through the... Continue Reading →

"Suffering is not holding you, you are holding suffering." - Buddha A lot of us suffer from the "I don't want to" syndrome. We find it difficult and struggle to get out and engage some days. Truly, it's significant that Covid really reinforced this issue of avoiding people, places, and things. And many of us... Continue Reading →

"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr A lot of Sangha's don't have there own brick and mortal buildings, so they rent rooms. And there's always a pull to make wherever one sits "Special." To make it home, decorate... Continue Reading →

"Of course, it's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well." - Charles Bukowski Knowing someone got a lot more difficult when I started studying what Gautama had to say about humans and impermanence. Before then I was confused and actually thought the person I met was the person I... Continue Reading →

"Return to the beginning, become a child again." - Tao Te Ching Mornings. I have a love hate relationship with mornings. It's mostly hate though. I think maybe two or three mornings a year come out lovely. The rest are a "bit of a struggle," " as O' Shay says. (I've decided, being 49% Irish,... Continue Reading →

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." - the Buddha My very first hero was the Lone Ranger. Hey, I was a kid. What I never noticed was how clean everything was, the Lone one had an outfit that was Teflon based, nothing... Continue Reading →

"Intellectualism is a common cover-up for fear of direct experience." - Carl Jung I talk myself out of a lot of stuff, I've been doing that since I can remember. Intellectualism isn't a cover up for fear, it's a way to not experience fear at all, one simply goes up into the head and thinks their... Continue Reading →

"Whatever you think people are withholding from you - praise, appreciation, assistance, loving-care, and so on - give it to them." - E. Tolle Even though you're probably wrong about it. I mean how would you know? People are incredibly self-absorbed. Too self-oriented to actually pay attention and realize you need assistance or care, they're way... Continue Reading →

"At the end of the day I'm at peace, because my intentions are good, and my heart is pure." - The Buddha Problematic is thinking that this, "My intentions are good" statement, is pointing towards a permanent state the old Buddha managed to maintain. I guess if you're enlightened this stuff comes easier, after all,... Continue Reading →

"A right view rises when there are no right views." - Ama Ma It's winter in Michigan. At least this week. Next week it seems we might hit 40 degrees, up from minus 6 earlier this week. Minus six is cold enough for me, I feel like I've accomplished any goals I might have had... Continue Reading →