The Root of Fear ;There is a difference between the concept of fear and th
Does anyone know what the ego is? Whatever is said about the ego becomes food for itself. The ego is self-justifying to the bitter e
A client of mine told me the real reason he goes fly-fishing in the Sierras. He didn't particularly care for fishing, but he said it wa
If we are seeking the real, the real is also seeking us. If we want to know the truth, the truth wants to know us. If we want to e
The impressions of the mind persist for a long time. The mind is so active, full of false imaginings with which we identify. We can b
Each of us, in our own way, is seeking liberation. We want to experience the rapture of reality. We have been taught to pursue this through addition, not subtraction. We think we need to add happiness, prosperity, love, success. However much we add...
What does it mean to be mindful? Being mindful means that we are alert to what is happening within us and around us as it is occurring. It means that our mind is clear and our senses open, that we are responding effectively and creatively to what is...
There is a huge irony in life. It's so huge, we can't articulate it. We can only see it and laugh, and then go on living.
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The past is not always with us. There are moments when the past is consumed by love, which is the intoxication of our natural state. Wh
When we do not recognize our thoughts as thoughts, our unconscious mental patterns predominate and rule our behavior. When we are unco
