Discussion of spiritual practices: awakening, meditation, and the freedom that cannot be lost or found. All perspectives are welcome; advaita, christian, buddhist, islam or even no perspective at all. Just pointing to that which is nearest and dearest.


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Monday, October 9, 2023



Is it not the case that if we think about ourselves a lot we become anxious?

Meditation is the practice of forgetting self.  

What to think about? For it is in the remembrance of God that hearts find peace.  Try this:

He is God: the Creator, the Initiator, the Designer. To Him belong the Beautiful Names. Glorifying Him is what is in the heavens and the earth. He is the Dignified, the Wise

[Quran]



Tuesday, May 30, 2023


                             BACKWARDS


The reason that most meditation practices do not produce the desired results is because they are doing it backwards - the seeker is seeking himself to fix the problem that the seeker has created. 

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Peace on you 

Wednesday, January 11, 2023


I love this quote by Milarepa ... The only question is: "Who is the thrower"?

 Find out and stand free.



 

Wednesday, July 6, 2022


In our meditation practice we are "letting go" - detaching if you will. 
With much practice we come to see that there is nothing to let go of as we are just joining reality.
Wisdom is seeing this.


 

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

 

We seek and seek and seek and do not find real Peace.

In our meditation practice we stop the seeking and just notice what is so in the present moment.  To notice what is so inside of us is the first step in any meditation practice.

Notice; let it go; feel the peace.  This is the process.   

So simple ... no need to complicate our practice. 

Peace on you. 


Friday, March 25, 2022

 





The first purpose of meditation is to become familiar with our inner life. As we begin to witness our negative thinking and our obsession with the past and the future, they cease to control us - the mind becomes quieter and life takes on a fresh tone.

The ultimate purpose of meditation is to find out who is meditating.  Who obsesses? - who meditates? - and who desires peace?  

With practice (noticing and seeking the seeker), you will come to see that you need do nothing to get out of a problem you don’t have.

 

Monday, November 22, 2021


Reading books on meditation are a way to avoid practice.

Just sit in Silence, empty yourself utterly and all will become clear.  

Peace on you,

bob


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