Home is where the Heart is

Home is where the Heart is
While the mind is poised in the state of bare awareness, there is no directing the mind. One is not looking within for anything; one is not looking without for anything. One is simply letting the mind rest in its own natural state. The empty, clear and unimpeded nature of mind can be experienced if ...

For no-one in particular ! 2

For no-one in particular !
Oh, perhaps it’s simply a coincidence however in the last 24 hours the same phrase (more or less) “you die twice” came to “my” attention but in completely different contexts yet who is it that really “dies” eh ? For the first it was during a discussion where each of us shared their experience of ...

On the Liberation FROM “self” 3

On the Liberation FROM
Ah, now, I suppose conventionally speaking “you” may have come across Spirituality / Buddhism / Dzogchen / Zen as a means of dispelling whatever it is that ails “you” or perhaps of becoming “Enlightened” eh ? ๐Ÿง Indeed, it’s possible “you” have already glimpsed-your-true-nature and are seeking a deeper “understanding” of what “that” was eh ...

On Self, No Self, and Not-self 2

On Self, No Self, and Not-self
โ€œWhat does one need in order to be Enlightened ?” asked the disciples. Said the Master : โ€œYou must discover what it is that falls in the water and does not make a ripple; moves through the trees and does not make a sound; enters the field and does not stir a single blade of ...

“Dropping” into the Heart ! 10

Ah, I suppose most of us educated in a Western-style Format place (unconsciously) great value on the Intellect yet such Conceptual Prowess is only likely to obstruct any real penetration of the Great Mystery of the Human Spirit eh ? ๐Ÿ™ The following excerpt (from Page 144) is taken from “ZEN AND JAPANESE CULTURE” which ...