"What might be, spoils for me, what is." - H. Fredrick-Amiel When conscious attention is on me, there will always be the tendency to want to adjust reality to fit my perceptions of what it's supposed to be so I will be Ok. When attention is on reality, I'm enmeshed in being realities change yet... Continue Reading →

"What is important is not letting go, but finding out why you are dependent." - J. Krishnamurti We talk incessantly about letting go in meditation circles. We seem to be deeply in love with the concept. If something annoys me, irritates me, if it's not the way I want it to be, or perhaps it's... Continue Reading →

“Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.” – John Galsworthy Often this is addressed in Chan and Zen by asking this question, “Do you know where you are?” Do you know where you really are? It means to look at the context in which you exist. We are our context. Last... Continue Reading →

"I don't hate people, I just feel better when they're not around." - C. Bukowski Someone was talking about relationships in a Zoom group the other day. She felt bad because she was angry to the point of seething, and resented herself for feeling so much anger and hatred towards people she didn't know, but... Continue Reading →

"No is a complete sentence." - Anne Lamont That's so truthful. NO. NO, I don't, can't, won't, or will. No I don't want to. NO. No. no. No, may be a complete sentence, but it's so short no one hears it. Or they don't want to. Isn't that the problem with boundaries? No one is... Continue Reading →

"A storyteller makes things up to help other people, a liar makes things up to help themselves." - Daniel Wallace Well, this is a fine kettle of fish. I always wanted to write or say that. It's always been a saying I liked, but have no idea of what it means. It's just this little... Continue Reading →

"With our thoughts we make the world." - Gautama He probably didn't say that, exactly. It's in the spirit of what's offered in Buddhist thought. But this is the same guy who said, "I cannot hold a present or past thought. I cannot produce a future thought." I don't know. I'm seeing a problem in... Continue Reading →

"Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do" - Gregory Maguire Meditators and those inclined to live in the moment, which by itself has only a few seconds input and so seems incredibly simple and linear, sometimes forget process. Because, these seconds are... Continue Reading →

"It's better to be an "is" now, than a was later." - Sui Generis

"Nothing resembles pride as much as discouragement." - Balsekar And a few others. For a second yesterday "I" was discouraged. Well, Ok, more than a second. There is something about examining one's own distorted spine on an x-ray that encourages the ego to close the container and shut down. Reality seems closer when one engages... Continue Reading →