Once Upon a Time. Back in the day of Buddha, when Buddha was alive on the planet with us, there was a simple man. He was a Shoemaker and he had a pond behind his house. One day he goes out ,and it’s not in season, but a beautiful blue lotus flower bloomed. The man …
Apr 8 2023 - The Blue Lotus Flower
Published: Sat, 04/08/23
Search for Curiosity
Maybe the best thing to always search for is curiosity. Because just think how that kind of twists everything around. Instead of searching for answers, search for curiosity.
Eyes that can see reality
What we are looking for in Awakening is to find eyes that can see reality. Ears that can hear reality. The only thing that needs to be changed, in any way, is just your perception, Just the filter that the eyes go through. The filter that the ears go through. Our brains are fabulous tools …
The Awakened Life is a Work of Art
The awakened life is a work of art because you never know, minute to minute, exactly what you’re creating. Sometimes things come out beautiful and wonderful, or what we see as beautiful and wonderful, Right? Sometimes it comes out not exactly as you expected, but that’s still not the end of it. You can keep …
Ordinariness is the key
Ordinariness is the key to Awakening… actually to having a good life. It’s all the hankering after everything else that drives us crazy.
How do you Get There?
So what do you do? How do you get there? Well. Step number one (and know that this is very accessible to you) stop believing all these lies of magic and always being happy. Stop believing all these lies. What you are already feels almost exactly the same as Awakening. So stop believing all the …
Walk on the Water
So a man came up to Ramakrishna. He was standing by the river and the guy says, “I can walk across the water on that River.” Ramakrishna looked at him and said, “Wow really that is amazing. How long did it take you to learn how to do that?” The guy answers with his great …
Egotistical Spiritual Teachers
We are so worried about egotistical spiritual teachers. Worried that one of them might go off the rails… Newsflash. Everyone is off the rails. I mean, there is nothing more full of ego and crazy than any spiritual group of people. All the people who are clawing themselves up to be the best Kirtan leader, …
