Buddha was teaching one day. People were gathered all around, and people would come up one by one and ask questions. A man comes up and asks. “Is there a God?” Buddha looked at him for a moment and said, “No. there isn’t a god.” More people came. After a while another man shows up. …
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Looking at the Sunset
When I look at a sunrise or a sunset I know so much about it scientifically. I know about air and clouds and how colors are made. But it’s the part of me that has no words at all that enjoys it.
Sunrise Teaching
Our Sunrise teaching is such a great teaching because it blends science and non-duality. Knowing how the world works helps us see our minds, and see how our minds work. Like, how does the wind blow and turn into electricity? We kind of know that. Engineers and scientists know all the details about it. The …
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, …
The Zen of Geometry
Okay… so there was this non-duality teacher. He’s sitting out on the deck, the veranda, of the ashram with all of his students. Watching the sunrise. He looks at it and asks, “If the world was flat what would the sunrise look like?” The students are surprised and don’t know what to say… He answers. …
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 great spiritual …
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 …
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.