-Quotation Wednesday
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
~Robert M. Pirsig
Where ever it is we go to find something, once it’s found, ultimately we will discover it was always present within. Understanding such things, fully, relieves us of the frustration that comes with [...]
-Quotation Wednesday
A thousand men can’t undress a naked man.
~Greek Proverb
Suffering takes place when one becomes worried about how others will perceive him. Seeing their opinion as a hopeful latter they can cling to. However if the thoughts of others fall short, our identity will slowly crumble to the ground. And of course this [...]
In our lives, we all have things we tend to run to with the hopes of escaping our mind; be it food, hobbies, drugs, t.v., etc. It’s not about escaping now, it’s about escaping our thoughts in now. Did you ever notice this? It’s not the actual moment you run from, but the thoughts you [...]
External Knowledge is not something to be attached to, and by external knowledge I mean any information that comes from the exterior of your being. This also includes ideas and beliefs since often times these are only past down or recycled pieces of information. It is at times very tempting to cling to [...]
I wonder about the depths of mind, the deepest parts of consciousness. It is our most present self, and the least understood. When the mind is busy, the heart becomes cluttered. How ever can we “know,” with all the noise within us?
It is my suspicion, that our running thoughts, run in a direction we [...]