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. …
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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.
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 …
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 …
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.
The Blue Lotus Flower
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, it’s not in season, but a beautiful blue lotus flower bloomed. The man thought, …