When one truly finds one’s own mind there is nowhere else to go. Everything continues to change yet one always remains at home in the...
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“The Yungdrung Bön (Bön) Lineage tradition is one of the oldest indigenous spiritual traditions in the world. Originating in Central Asia, the Bön Lineage teachings...
““When looking towards a thought there is nothing to see and even the one who is looking is lost.”” — Bönpo Dzogchen teaching
““Living itself means nothing other than being questioned; our whole act of being is nothing more than responding to — of being responsible toward —...
Allium out, loud and proud.
Nothing to see here
Thich Nhat Hanh once said: ““The present moment is the greatest teacher.”” And I’ve always found it to be true, every single time, without fail....
Good morning.It’s been raining.
““That is the edge we now stand on. The question is not whether AI is sentient, but how the invention of such accurate, coherent, convincing...
Current mode.It’s raining out.
Interesting podcast exploring the similarities between Buddhism and Stoicism.
Douglas Harding's 'The Headless Way' strikes me as a particularly English, no nonsense, method of experiencing non-duality. Effectively it boils down to the following: 1....
“"In the moment the false is recognized as false, it’s done. But not before that. So starting now, doubt everything. There’s a thief in the...
What is here, now?
Nothing less than your whole life. Everything that could possibly be happening for you is right here, right now. Nothing left out. Everything included. This...
Good afternoon.
Does contemplation have a place in the world? “”We don't need more teachers, we need more practitioners, and importantly, we need more journalists of the...
“”The universe is wider than our views of it.”” — Henry David Thoreau
Everything is made of opposites. Contentment can’t exist without suffering. There is no light without darkness. Up is meaningless without down. Complexity is made of...
““Why meditate?”” . . . ““To see what happens.””
On her favourite sheepskin rug.
Good evening.
Good afternoon.
Contemplatively/ meditatively speaking, the secret to getting somewhere is to go nowhere.
““Humans love to add, to expand, and to clarify. And in doing so, we create complexity… The irony is that we also have an innate...
“"Wherever you are, is the place you need to be."” — Anon
It’s a long way down for little old arthritic legs…
The end of a tiring week of work. Pretty knackered but, as always, rewarded and fulfilled. The weather has been such a blessing and is...
“”No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.”” — ‘Homeless’ Kodo Sawaki
Dog & dinner.
Good afternoon.
““You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.”” — Albert Ellis
Contemplation runs through all of life.
Good morning.
During meditation this evening there was a noticing that all sights, sounds, sensations and thoughts were inextricably interwoven into the fabric of awareness equally and...
Good afternoon.
I don’t know anything about tech but this made me smile Justfuckingusehtml
There seems to be two distinct kinds of so-called ‘spiritual’ activity one can engage in. On the one hand there is a search and a...
This month’s cult cinema club is showing Pedro Almodovar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown tonight. I haven’t seen it since it first...
Not being bullied
At school I was a prime target for bullies. To avoid the inevitable I somehow managed to develop a way of evading them. I became...
Good morning.
“"Before I studied Zen, mountains were mountains and rivers were rivers. When I had studied Zen for some time, mountains were no longer mountains and...
Where are you?
Where do you think 'you' are? More specifically, where is your sense of self located when you think or say 'I', 'me', or 'my'. What...
‘TIL THE END
I’m not going to get carried away by my team, Sunderland AFC, making it to the playoff final at Wembley next Saturday. They face a...
Who’s that?
Spent the day battling the garden and have the bramble scars to show for it! Exhausted but glad to have kept the effulgence at bay....
““I have been filled with hopes, fears, despairs, longings, happiness. Expansive moments, contracting moments. All of these fluctuations have at one stage been called 'me.'”...
The Assembly
Originally a one off on the BBC but now a series on ITV, The Assembly is currently my favourite TV show and the best thing...
Sunderland vs. Coventry for a place in the playoff final…
““Don’t think different thoughts. Or better thoughts. Or spiritual thoughts. All thinking does is take us to more thinking.”” — Stop, Men’s Work
